diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d79fba5..706c683 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -94,3 +94,6 @@
 [submodule "roles/do1jlr.mysql"]
 	path = roles/do1jlr.mysql
 	url = https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_role_mysql.git
+[submodule "roles/do1jlr.admin_base"]
+	path = roles/do1jlr.admin_base
+	url = https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_admin_base_role.git
diff --git a/roles/do1jlr.admin_base b/roles/do1jlr.admin_base
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..3855e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/do1jlr.admin_base
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3855e9254a73ac22f9278e0b99b4e3857bc5f0ac