diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 093a4a897..933a0e007 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/emqttd_dashboard"]
 	path = plugins/emqttd_dashboard
 	url = https://github.com/emqtt/emqttd_dashboard.git
+[submodule "plugins/emqttd_plugin_template"]
+	path = plugins/emqttd_plugin_template
+	url = https://github.com/emqtt/emqttd_plugin_template.git
diff --git a/plugins/emqttd_plugin_template b/plugins/emqttd_plugin_template
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..d10ee3dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/emqttd_plugin_template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d10ee3dcdaf4e7d17f50ed0745c39628a96678e2