diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 125ec1ee1..ba877c2a8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@
 [submodule "spacemacs/extensions/evil-org-mode"]
 	path = spacemacs/extensions/evil-org-mode
 	url = http://github.com/syl20bnr/evil-org-mode
+[submodule "spacemacs/extensions/helm-rcirc"]
+	path = spacemacs/extensions/helm-rcirc
+	url = http://github.com/syl20bnr/helm-rcirc
diff --git a/spacemacs/extensions/helm-rcirc b/spacemacs/extensions/helm-rcirc
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f2e1f4a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacemacs/extensions/helm-rcirc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f2e1f4a1453c9aca658052426a11feba93e215bc