diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25d88ab1c33..2dbd23cbd67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ tmp
 *.[568vq]
 [568vq].out
 
+# enterprise submodule
+e
+
 *.cgo1.go
 *.cgo2.c
 _cgo_defun.c
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d795eac24c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "e"]
+	path = e
+	url = git@github.com:gravitational/teleport.e.git
diff --git a/e b/e
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..43713398684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4371339868433cfc0a5de7e3715808c53d6282b9