diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 986a4ca0cf..4a6c93b450 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 [submodule "tests/testdata"]
 	path = tests/testdata
 	url = https://github.com/ethereum/tests.git
+[submodule "tests/evm-benchmarks"]
+	path = tests/evm-benchmarks
+	url = https://github.com/ipsilon/evm-benchmarks