diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 56d1dca3d..90e29d2f6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[submodule "vcglib"]
+[submodule "src/vcglib"]
 	path = src/vcglib
 	url = https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib
 	branch = devel
diff --git a/src/vcglib b/src/vcglib
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..d7cbcfa1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vcglib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d7cbcfa1dcb6dbceb195fe085a78b12b76d8a149