diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5815e9e8b610ac74f71fcaca9f466fff1f41c454..76ec478ff158120eb8178ed243f7fcce8d6afa98 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/RIOT"]
 	path = deps/RIOT
 	url = https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT.git
+[submodule "deps/coremark"]
+	path = deps/coremark
+	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark.git
diff --git a/deps/coremark b/deps/coremark
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d5fad6bd094899101a4e5fd53af7298160ced6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/coremark
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d5fad6bd094899101a4e5fd53af7298160ced6ab