diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bfb5a949ca889b83bf6bb068eb25ffae2103e316..05bd3c40abd423a03d6aff24346a0102ebaa5813 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@
 [submodule ".vim/pack/plugins/start/jedi-vim"]
 	path = .vim/pack/plugins/start/jedi-vim
 	url = https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi-vim.git
+[submodule ".vim/pack/plugins/start/ropevim"]
+	path = .vim/pack/plugins/start/ropevim
+	url = https://github.com/python-rope/ropevim.git
diff --git a/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ropevim b/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ropevim
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86d9d63a520372463c5430e91eda1cf71af221b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ropevim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 86d9d63a520372463c5430e91eda1cf71af221b0