diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29b..8a5dba78 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[submodule "deps/semver"]
+	path = deps/semver
+	url = https://bitbucket.org/aleteolabs/semver.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/deps/semver b/deps/semver
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..4f9dd639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/semver
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4f9dd63960cb4040e3aa561019d79e6f9d5f5818