diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8f87e992013a..78d685311122 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -221,3 +221,6 @@
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/shapeless-3"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/shapeless-3
 	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/shapeless-3.git
+[submodule "community-build/community-projects/gears"]
+	path = community-build/community-projects/gears
+	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/gears.git
diff --git a/community-build/community-projects/gears b/community-build/community-projects/gears
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..316d1d083673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-build/community-projects/gears
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 316d1d083673c35e74871c9b551b3ae3956e5424
diff --git a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
index a0444505801a..81a0dfc0ee31 100644
--- a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
+++ b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ lazy val compilerVersion: String =
   val file = communitybuildDir.resolve("scala3-bootstrapped.version")
   new String(Files.readAllBytes(file), UTF_8)
 
+
 lazy val compilerSupportExperimental: Boolean =
   compilerVersion.contains("SNAPSHOT") || compilerVersion.contains("NIGHTLY")
 
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ object projects:
     dependencies   = List(scalacheck)
   )
 
+
   lazy val scalaCollectionCompat = SbtCommunityProject(
     project        = "scala-collection-compat",
     sbtTestCommand = "compat30/test",
@@ -755,6 +757,14 @@ object projects:
     dependencies = List(utest, scalacheck)
   )
 
+  lazy val gears = SbtCommunityProject(
+    project = "gears",
+    sbtTestCommand = "rootJVM/test",
+    sbtPublishCommand = "rootJVM/publishLocal",
+    scalacOptions = Nil,
+    dependencies = Nil
+  )
+
 end projects
 
 def allProjects = List(
@@ -836,6 +846,7 @@ def allProjects = List(
   projects.spire,
   projects.http4s,
   projects.parboiled2,
+  projects.gears
 )
 
 lazy val projectMap = allProjects.groupBy(_.project)