diff --git a/fpga/.gitmodules b/fpga/.gitmodules
index c457c7c52..08e93f915 100644
--- a/fpga/.gitmodules
+++ b/fpga/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/udmabuf"]
 	path = thirdparty/udmabuf
 	url = https://github.com/ikwzm/udmabuf
+[submodule "hardware"]
+	path = hardware
+	url = ../VILLASfpga-hardware.git
diff --git a/fpga/hardware b/fpga/hardware
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..2eaf71991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fpga/hardware
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2eaf71991d7b29e46105dbd0fa27bc3a130f16f9