diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29b..bdf1f3b1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds"]
+	path = essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
+	url = https://bitbucket.org/Pepperdash_Products/pepperdashcore-builds.git
diff --git a/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds b/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..de8b9f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
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+Subproject commit de8b9f592ee7918691ad3a88359c93ffe0ec39c5