diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..848ea1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "forutils"]
+	path = forutils
+	url = https://github.com/cmbant/forutils
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5a630419..c5866384 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 language: python
  
+git:
+  depth: false
+ 
 dist: trusty
 
 sudo: false
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@ install:
   - conda info -a
   - conda create -q -n py2-environment -c $CHANNEL python=2 numpy scipy sympy six;
   - conda create -q -n py3-environment -c $CHANNEL python=3 numpy scipy sympy six;
-  - git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/cmbant/forutils.git forutils
   - chmod +x tests/run_tests.sh
   
 script: tests/run_tests.sh
diff --git a/forutils b/forutils
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..bee20e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forutils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bee20e81184cc56d6c14ac41f3f2276132cfc099