diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 332fa0ca14b..6bec96c896a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "docs/sphinx"]
 	path = docs/sphinx
 	url = git://github.com/openmicroscopy/ome-documentation.git
+[submodule "components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts"]
+	path = components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts
+	url = git@github.com:ome/scripts.git
diff --git a/components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts b/components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..5d9fc78f6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5d9fc78f6bb5d2fceda7b3d766e5a711c6743ec5