diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c5afac7..8e70d78d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 *.txt
 /build-simulation
 /release-simulation
-/dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower/*
 *.*~
 dram/build-*/
 ._.DS_Store
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c71a04b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower"]
+	path = dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower
+	url = https://github.com/ravenrd/DRAMPower.git
diff --git a/dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower b/dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..e39b6d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dram/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e39b6d6668fed4ddbc3c9150dce1dd1bfc7a8be2