diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d4ba87d27..f4cd4fd52 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -215,3 +215,6 @@
 [submodule "src/external/doc_cmds"]
 	path = src/external/doc_cmds
 	url = ../darling-doc_cmds.git
+[submodule "src/external/basic_cmds"]
+	path = src/external/basic_cmds
+	url = ../darling-basic_cmds.git
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 981413012..5bef11a19 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ add_subdirectory(external/screen)
 add_subdirectory(unxip)
 add_subdirectory(external/zsh)
 add_subdirectory(external/doc_cmds)
+add_subdirectory(external/basic_cmds)
+
+
 add_subdirectory(external/libcxxabi)
 add_subdirectory(external/libcxx)
 
diff --git a/src/external/basic_cmds b/src/external/basic_cmds
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..b1ed4f0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external/basic_cmds
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b1ed4f0f6a981590542071d8b36535cf3e441be0