diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 926fb27a..a2828610 100755
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/mff/mff_hud"]
 	path = mods/mff/mff_hud
 	url = https://github.com/MinetestForFun/mff_hud.git
+[submodule "mods/irc_modpack"]
+	path = mods/irc_modpack
+	url = https://github.com/MinetestForFun/irc_modpack.git
diff --git a/mods/irc_modpack b/mods/irc_modpack
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9fae29e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/irc_modpack
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9fae29e3b91be9ce07f01a42761ab52788d0b500