diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0aebd9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "middleman-sprockets"]
+	path = middleman-sprockets
+	url = git@github.com:middleman/middleman-sprockets.git
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7f102fee..ca94d1da 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ group :test do
   end
 end
 
-gem "middleman-sprockets", :github => "middleman/middleman-sprockets"
+gem "middleman-sprockets", :path => "middleman-sprockets"
 gem "middleman-core", :path => "middleman-core"
 gem "middleman-more", :path => "middleman-more"
 gem "middleman", :path => "middleman"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/middleman-sprockets b/middleman-sprockets
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..dfd757a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-sprockets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dfd757a8fa8f9993837ebc3d5fbe23f9da5b77f4