diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 84dceb42bea9b8e8076166c3d2e10c0ddd0c119c..f17fe53cfdfde96598907b4e906f49258f2a9a8f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "ThirdParty/MGIS"]
 	path = ThirdParty/MGIS
 	url = https://github.com/ufz/MFrontGenericInterfaceSupport.git
+[submodule "ThirdParty/container-maker"]
+	path = ThirdParty/container-maker
+	url = https://github.com/ufz/ogs-container-maker.git
diff --git a/ThirdParty/container-maker b/ThirdParty/container-maker
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b673ba0a252264ea37e7ca60784bdfe558e57e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ThirdParty/container-maker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b673ba0a252264ea37e7ca60784bdfe558e57e3b