diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cfcbd12..d6bf699 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "fonts/codeface"]
 	path = fonts/codeface
 	url = https://github.com/chrissimpkins/codeface
+[submodule "powerline-shell"]
+	path = powerline-shell
+	url = https://github.com/banga/powerline-shell.git
diff --git a/powerline-shell b/powerline-shell
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d48f383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerline-shell
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d48f383112f5520c4c33d69dca0806e127f495d7