diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bf3746..142bbe7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+build_dir
 compile_commands.json
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2334931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[submodule "include/c_cpp_aliases"]
+	path = include/c_cpp_aliases
+	url = https://git.thewizardapprentice.com/abdelrahman/c-cpp-aliases.git
+	branch = main
diff --git a/include/c_cpp_aliases b/include/c_cpp_aliases
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f95f3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/c_cpp_aliases
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f95f3aa499910286876c1f2cdceea8146ebcf7b1