diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f738d7d..bce74a1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@
 [submodule "vim/bundle/ultisnips"]
 	path = vim/bundle/ultisnips
 	url = https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips.git
+[submodule "vim/bundle/solarized"]
+	path = vim/bundle/solarized
+	url = https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git
diff --git a/vim/bundle/solarized b/vim/bundle/solarized
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..528a59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/bundle/solarized
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 528a59f26d12278698bb946f8fb82a63711eec21
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index c91dfa4..eb4cf72 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set background=dark " I am using a dark background
 syntax on           " Syntax highlighting on
 
 " General
+"colorscheme solarized
 colorscheme wombat
 " setlocal spell spelllang=en_us
 set fileformats=unix,dos,mac    " support all three, in this order