diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b3f5c643ba..bebd2dfc28 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 [submodule "scylla-jmx"]
 	path = scylla-jmx
 	url = ../scylla-jmx
+[submodule "scylla-tools"]
+	path = scylla-tools
+	url = ../scylla-tools-java
diff --git a/scylla-tools b/scylla-tools
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..1639b12061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scylla-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1639b1206192c4d770893f46b395d9c459dec290