diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a6928d64f2c4..c8b1acdb78ec 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@
 [submodule "src/ptf"]
 	path = src/ptf
 	url = https://github.com/p4lang/ptf.git
+[submodule "src/sonic-utilities"]
+	path = src/sonic-utilities
+	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-utilities
diff --git a/rules/sonic-utilities.mk b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f40cdc93c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/sonic-utilities.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# sonic utilities package
+
+SONIC_UTILS = sonic-utilities_0.1_amd64.deb
+$(SONIC_UTILS)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-utilities
+SONIC_DPKG_DEBS += $(SONIC_UTILS)
diff --git a/src/sonic-utilities b/src/sonic-utilities
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..a3f98cdb8f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-utilities
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a3f98cdb8f073b567c3d4f552ea53e110da960bb