diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ad1af6b..7e67c8e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@
 [submodule "roles/base"]
 	path = roles/base
 	url = https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_role_base.git
+[submodule "roles/bat"]
+	path = roles/bat
+	url = https://github.com/gantsign/ansible_role_bat.git
diff --git a/roles/bat b/roles/bat
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4303314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 430331438f1c4a16067e4f2eba272c2b41bedaae
diff --git a/setup_l460.yml b/setup_l460.yml
index cf59f3e..2213ad0 100644
--- a/setup_l460.yml
+++ b/setup_l460.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     - {role: pulseaudio, tags: [pulse, audio, pulseaudio], when: ansible_os_family == 'Archlinux'}
     - {role: networkmanager, tags: networkmanager, when: ansible_os_family == 'Archlinux'}
     - {role: nextcloud, tags: nextcloud, when: ansible_os_family == 'Archlinux'}
+    - {role: bat, tags: bat}
 
 - name: install some arch fonts
   hosts: l460