diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5637a77d01c37a95e2102f59da606ed4be70bf0a..6a2ba46d1f7d70dfd5864c1489b78badf375278d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 [submodule "snakemake_wrappers"]
 	path = snakemake_wrappers
 	url = git@gitlab.pasteur.fr:bli/snakemake_wrappers.git
+[submodule "bam25prime"]
+	path = bam25prime
+	url = git@gitlab.pasteur.fr:bli/bam25prime.git
diff --git a/bam25prime b/bam25prime
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..55b750c49231bcad5a86dfd97785ca0c6d4b861a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bam25prime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 55b750c49231bcad5a86dfd97785ca0c6d4b861a