diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8b41f4b..062634c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "dist/submodules/spdx-license-identifiers"]
 	path = dist/submodules/spdx-license-identifiers
 	url = https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data
+[submodule "dist/submodules/venus"]
+	path = dist/submodules/venus
+	url = https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/venus.git
diff --git a/addons/venus b/addons/venus
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..43613ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/venus
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../dist/submodules/venus/addons/venus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/submodules/venus b/dist/submodules/venus
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..94bd18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/submodules/venus
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 94bd18eab669aee60d641602b94972808389620c