diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ebcd8dbef..208d31911 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "src/3rdparty/qtmacgoodies"]
 	path = src/3rdparty/qtmacgoodies
 	url = git://github.com/shadone/qtmacgoodies.git
+[submodule "binary"]
+	path = binary
+	url = git://github.com/owncloud/owncloud-client-binary.git
diff --git a/binary b/binary
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ceeb47d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binary
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ceeb47d951638f8d62fabf2836a7a42a5eb10a6a