diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b546a66fcae44a470ac25181b2325c16958fd4ce..521805574eeb55304bfc0683a47e7163281eaa86 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -173,3 +173,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/mobs_redo"]
 	path = mods/mobs_redo
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/mobs_redo
+[submodule "mods/irc"]
+	path = mods/irc
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/irc
diff --git a/mods/irc b/mods/irc
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4724a8090f3bf5d4ebeccb848af9af17a252d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/irc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d4724a8090f3bf5d4ebeccb848af9af17a252d5d