diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f186d62e..284aae4d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -763,3 +763,6 @@
 [submodule "repos/Yokai_Holiday"]
 	path = repos/Yokai_Holiday
 	url = https://github.com/demcanulty/Yokai_Holiday.git
+[submodule "repos/vanTies"]
+	path = repos/vanTies
+	url = https://github.com/matthiassars/vanTies.git
diff --git a/repos/vanTies b/repos/vanTies
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..8f1f0216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/vanTies
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8f1f0216d14a6f30bfba7cffc428442f1ee3e0ce