diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ae90b4fda7..f2facf6e0b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "runv"]
 	path = runv
 	url = https://github.com/hyperhq/runv.git
+[submodule "cc-runtime"]
+	path = cc-runtime
+	url = https://github.com/clearcontainers/runtime
diff --git a/cc-runtime b/cc-runtime
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..322bcb6e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cc-runtime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 322bcb6e31613e2dc9526457615f6c839eeeb253