diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 131145712..ff07cdf8a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
 	path = zsh-syntax-highlighting
 	url = git@github.com:tictactix/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
+[submodule "plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
+	path = plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+	url = git@github.com:tictactix/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
diff --git a/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting b/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..bb0d57594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bb0d575942760fe483790fe878ea43b1f781e2ca