diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2ddf91c..b9a4c7d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "vim/bundle/vundle"]
 	path = vim/bundle/vundle
 	url = http://github.com/gmarik/vundle.git
+[submodule "tmux-powerline"]
+	path = tmux-powerline
+	url = git://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline.git
diff --git a/tmux-powerline b/tmux-powerline
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..111be96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmux-powerline
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 111be96d3da09b47a05c54a7a4ec174f94b35d61