diff --git a/.ci b/.ci
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ecb7e4366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ecb7e43660200bd5d69e4ffa2a402046cd46e36b
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 719539280..e537fc586 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
     path = modules/pva2pva
     url = https://github.com/epics-base/pva2pva
     branch = master
+[submodule ".ci"]
+    path = .ci
+    url = https://github.com/epics-base/ci-scripts
+    branch = master