diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index abd17bd6..98cb4a4d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -220,3 +220,7 @@
 [submodule "packages/vyos-vmwaretools-scripts"]
 	path = packages/vyos-vmwaretools-scripts
 	url = https://github.com/vyos/vyos-vmwaretools-scripts.git
+[submodule "vyos-xe-guest-utilities"]
+	path = vyos-xe-guest-utilities
+	url = https://github.com/vyos/vyos-xe-guest-utilities.git
+
diff --git a/vyos-xe-guest-utilities b/vyos-xe-guest-utilities
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..f720a86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vyos-xe-guest-utilities
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f720a86bb30b96733f24a70249f0ee586c29b1ca