diff --git a/tools/git-submodule/install b/tools/git-submodule/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c60029d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/git-submodule/install
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CONFIG="install.conf.json"
+DOTBOT_DIR="dotbot"
+
+DOTBOT_BIN="bin/dotbot"
+BASEDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+cd "${BASEDIR}"
+git submodule update --init --recursive ${DOTBOT_DIR}
+
+"${BASEDIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASEDIR}" -c "${CONFIG}" $@