diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4434243..15767bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
       - name: Configure Git User Details
         run: git config --global user.email "actions@github.com" && git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
+      - name: build paperweight
+        run: ./build_paperweight.sh
       - name: Apply Patches
         run: ./gradlew applyAllPatches --stacktrace
       - name: Build
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd5230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "paperweight"]
+	path = paperweight
+	url = https://github.com/PaperMC/paperweight.git
diff --git a/build_paperweight.sh b/build_paperweight.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a77305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_paperweight.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eou pipefail
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+cd paperweight
+./gradlew pTML
diff --git a/paperweight b/paperweight
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..2dfd1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paperweight
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2dfd1f14007826bf04a19b972294f18ddb692a34