diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1b35dd8036..3b8902a835 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "src/tixlbase/static/bootstrap"]
 	path = src/tixlbase/static/bootstrap
 	url = https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git
+[submodule "src/tixlbase/static/fontawesome"]
+	path = src/tixlbase/static/fontawesome
+	url = https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome.git
diff --git a/src/tixlbase/static/fontawesome b/src/tixlbase/static/fontawesome
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..a65bd93d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tixlbase/static/fontawesome
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a65bd93d81e9e6bd5ebfa41757a4474960b973b4