diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bea5a70..7d0815c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 	path = fsfw
 	url = https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw.git
 [submodule "generators/fsfw-generators"]
-	path = generators/fsfw-gen
+	path = generators/fsfwgen
 	url = https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw-generators.git
+[submodule "fsfw-example-common"]
+	path = example_common
+	url = https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw-example-common.git
diff --git a/example_common b/example_common
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..112adcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_common
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 112adcbb64c55d1c951c98985f3250c24f6285fa
diff --git a/generators/fsfw-gen b/generators/fsfwgen
similarity index 100%
rename from generators/fsfw-gen
rename to generators/fsfwgen