diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 34950ac..36ef6a6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "Common"]
 	path = Common
 	url = https://git.grml.de/rilgamon/Common.git
+	fetchRecurseSubmodules = false
diff --git a/Common b/Common
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..762c59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 762c59c6c6abc6ecaa71f3e36bb2c6dd16b8e0ed