diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9ac26001d..c9696bc60 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@
 	path = libretroshare
 	url = ../libretroshare
 	branch = master
+[submodule "retroshare-webui"]
+	path = retroshare-webui
+	url = git@github.com:Retroshare/RSNewWebUI
diff --git a/RetroShare.pro b/RetroShare.pro
index 58ae659ab..944e8204e 100644
--- a/RetroShare.pro
+++ b/RetroShare.pro
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ retroshare_plugins {
     plugins.target = plugins
 }
 
+rs_webui {
+    SUBDIRS += retroshare-webui
+    retroshare-webui.file = retroshare-webui/webui.pro
+    retroshare-webui.target = rs_webui
+    retroshare-webui.depends = retroshare_gui
+}
+
 wikipoos {
     SUBDIRS += pegmarkdown
     pegmarkdown.file = supportlibs/pegmarkdown/pegmarkdown.pro
diff --git a/retroshare-webui b/retroshare-webui
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..a593b9c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-webui
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a593b9c808f90cce7d47a5de86c207ef8675945f