diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a264e42c..8ef14727 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 [submodule "codeforlife-template-backend"]
 	path = codeforlife-template-backend
 	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-template-backend.git
+[submodule "codeforlife-contributor-backend"]
+	path = codeforlife-contributor-backend
+	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-contributor-backend.git
diff --git a/codeforlife-contributor-backend b/codeforlife-contributor-backend
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..d7fb27d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codeforlife-contributor-backend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d7fb27d0feb5fa678eafebff550344e37415c930