diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a01861..377e9b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@
 ######################
 *OpenCV_sdk_native/
 *roscpp_android_ndk/
-*miniglog/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154a02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[submodule "miniglog"]
+	path = miniglog
+	url = https://github.com/tzutalin/miniglog
+[submodule "third_party/glog_catkin"]
+	path = third_party/glog_catkin
+	url = https://github.com/ethz-asl/glog_catkin
+[submodule "third_party/catkin_simple"]
+	path = third_party/catkin_simple
+	url = https://github.com/catkin/catkin_simple
diff --git a/RosApp/README.md b/RosApp/README.md
index 929f9cd..e8c9ebd 100644
--- a/RosApp/README.md
+++ b/RosApp/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 ### Miniglog
 
 * From the TangoApps repository:  
-```$ git clone https://github.com/tzutalin/miniglog.git```  
 ```$ cd miniglog```  
 ```$ ./build.sh```