diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 71a3d9ac..6a1e8498 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -317,3 +317,9 @@
 	url = ../qtnetworkauth
 	branch = 5.9
 	status = preview
+[submodule "qtremoteobjects"]
+	depends = qtbase
+	path = qtremoteobjects
+	url = ../qtremoteobjects
+	branch = 5.9
+	status = preview
diff --git a/qtremoteobjects b/qtremoteobjects
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..3d3888c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qtremoteobjects
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3d3888c2ea4eea637a4e7fad754b2f5d3afc4170