diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb..f150ddb0b 100644
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+[submodule "ipython"]
+	path = pyemma-ipython
+	url = https://github.com/markovmodel/PyEMMA_IPython.git
+
diff --git a/pyemma-ipython b/pyemma-ipython
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..77b56fb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyemma-ipython
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+Subproject commit 77b56fb97b3d02559321e2c11901615d6675a104