diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7f909d5..3f5cfde 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "alkatest-common"]
+[submodule "src/alkatest-common"]
 	path = src/alkatest-common
 	url = https://github.com/thepaperpilot/alkatest-common
diff --git a/src/alkatest-common b/src/alkatest-common
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5ff958f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/alkatest-common
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5ff958fd80fbfc486d7fcf82540b364af02a80da