diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 78243a1de..6c46deabf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@
 [submodule "addins/branch-predictor-simulator"]
 	path = addins/branch-predictor-simulator
 	url = https://github.com/synxlin/branch-predictor-simulator.git
+[submodule "addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel"]
+	path = addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
+	url = https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel.git
diff --git a/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel b/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..17a46c252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 17a46c252f2f237e03a6768c5d15731215322f31