diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb2d..676790dbecd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "plugins/redmine_extended_watchers"]
+	path = plugins/redmine_extended_watchers
+	url = https://github.com/exocad/redmine_extended_watchers.git
diff --git a/plugins/redmine_extended_watchers b/plugins/redmine_extended_watchers
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..68993ce5a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/redmine_extended_watchers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 68993ce5a327ac922537110b4c6534410467f334