diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a068c95..976a250 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -161,3 +161,7 @@
 	path = roles/maintenance
 	url = ../ansible-role-maintenance.git
 	branch = master
+[submodule "maintenance"]
+	path = maintenance
+	url = ../ansible-role-maintenance.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/maintenance b/maintenance
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..8c9f0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintenance
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8c9f0d8e594667816bb26ae362e821fc015984ce