diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 938b7a1..8aa0288 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "mercator_indexer"]
 	path = mercator_indexer
 	url = ../mercator_indexer
+[submodule "mercator_solr_data_converter"]
+	path = mercator_solr_data_converter
+	url = ../mercator_solr_data_converter
diff --git a/mercator_solr_data_converter b/mercator_solr_data_converter
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..add0c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mercator_solr_data_converter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit add0c1dbcab310050c28622f1e32b0863d8abfdf