diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dd47220..e95bcf8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "hydro_roll_core"]
 	path = hydro_roll_core
 	url = https://github.com/HydroRoll-Team/HydroRollCore
+[submodule "nivis_python"]
+	path = nivis_python
+	url = https://github.com/HydroRoll-Team/nivis-python
diff --git a/nivis_python b/nivis_python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..672e0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nivis_python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 672e0d03d3ffdba740d166f2c4a7243f142cec5f