diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d59cd2938..ade18620e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 	path = hermit/newlib/gcc
 	url = git@github.com:RWTH-OS/gcc.git
 	branch = gcc-5-branch
+[submodule "hermit/newlib/binutils"]
+	path = hermit/newlib/binutils
+	url = git@github.com:RWTH-OS/binutils.git
+	branch = hermit
diff --git a/hermit/newlib/binutils b/hermit/newlib/binutils
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..dcfa3eed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hermit/newlib/binutils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dcfa3eed2bb8cbde847561b6746fa148da034b73