diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 282dc731..14c593bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -98,3 +98,9 @@
 [submodule "tools/axe"]
 	path = tools/axe
 	url = https://github.com/CTSRD-CHERI/axe.git
+[submodule "software/spec2017"]
+	path = software/spec2017
+	url = https://github.com/ucb-bar/spec2017-workload.git
+[submodule "software/coremark"]
+	path = software/coremark
+	url = https://github.com/ucb-bar/coremark-workload.git
diff --git a/software/coremark b/software/coremark
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..a6cc1cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/software/coremark
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a6cc1cbfd9d2387c36ac4b415fdd8142951d9bfe
diff --git a/software/spec2017 b/software/spec2017
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..f5cbc4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/software/spec2017
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f5cbc4aaa536afac383d554df28291a7d27c57be