diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f095d71..2d06502 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "camerad/Instruments/hispec"]
 	path = camerad/Instruments/hispec
 	url = https://github.com/CaltechOpticalObservatories/hispec-instrument.git
+[submodule "camerad/Instruments/lris2"]
+	path = camerad/Instruments/lris2
+	url = https://github.com/CaltechOpticalObservatories/lris2-camerad-instrument.git
diff --git a/camerad/Instruments/lris2 b/camerad/Instruments/lris2
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..a8d6378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camerad/Instruments/lris2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a8d63781d9777d06d4be5f3cc991b0afd07d896a