diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0991d0c3..e2a2b56d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@
 [submodule "external/nextcloud-spreed"]
 	path = external/nextcloud-spreed
 	url = https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed
+[submodule "external/nextcloud-news"]
+	path = external/nextcloud-news
+	url = https://github.com/nextcloud/news
+[submodule "external/nextcloud-notes"]
+	path = external/nextcloud-notes
+	url = https://github.com/nextcloud/notes
diff --git a/external/nextcloud-news b/external/nextcloud-news
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..d56d4b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/nextcloud-news
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d56d4b4d4eaeaf71fd25298596e032073fea9056
diff --git a/external/nextcloud-notes b/external/nextcloud-notes
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..0785e69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/nextcloud-notes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0785e69d2b65cf3ed0347c6da0f38dc0e9ed6903