diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d8da3a3fa1b1c..a87015cd6344e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@
 [submodule "theme/ucsf"]
 	path = theme/ucsf
 	url = https://github.com/ucsf-education/moodle-theme-ucsf
-	branch = MOODLE_404_STABLE
\ No newline at end of file
+	branch = MOODLE_404_STABLE
+[submodule "admin/tool/ucsfsomapi"]
+	path = admin/tool/ucsfsomapi
+	url = https://github.com/ucsf-education/tool_ucsfsomapi.git
+	branch = MOODLE_404_STABLE
diff --git a/admin/tool/ucsfsomapi b/admin/tool/ucsfsomapi
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000..5237485c79303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tool/ucsfsomapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5237485c79303b2ce997630a543847c5d8a9b815