diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d390436..d448d94 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -381,3 +381,7 @@ url = ../rpm/popt.git
 [submodule "post-build-checks"]
 path = post-build-checks
 url = ../rpm/post-build-checks.git
+
+[submodule "python-flit-core"]
+path = python-flit-core
+url = ../rpm/python-flit-core.git
diff --git a/python-flit-core b/python-flit-core
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..44009dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-flit-core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 44009dd47d89c2e61554f35b124e64d334cd2b72