diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b1a2882652a7..cdde0cafa561 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@
 [submodule "src/lib/rust_px4_nuttx"]
 	path = src/lib/rust_px4_nuttx
 	url = git@github.com:tiiuae/rust_px4_nuttx_lib.git
+[submodule "src/modules/rust_module_example"]
+	path = src/modules/rust_module_example
+	url = git@github.com:tiiuae/rust_module_example.git
diff --git a/src/modules/rust_module_example b/src/modules/rust_module_example
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..a0cd0e439899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/rust_module_example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a0cd0e4398999d331bec92677616a73eb1f2db82