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/clone_public.sh b/clone_public.sh
index a67373d259eb..602fc5d31b88 100755
--- a/clone_public.sh
+++ b/clone_public.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ do
   [[ "${repo}" == *px4_fw_update_client ]] || \
   [[ "${repo}" == *secure_udp ]] || \
   [[ "${repo}" == *rust_px4_nuttx ]] || \
+  [[ "${repo}" == *rust_module_example ]] || \
   [[ "${repo}" == *process ]] && continue
   git submodule update --init --recursive "${repo}"
 done <<< "$(git submodule status | awk '{print $2}')"
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