diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 555b010..b4c8157 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/email_article"]
 	path = plugins/email_article
 	url = git@gitlab.com:noosfero-plugins/email_article.git
+[submodule "public/designs/themes/participa-theme"]
+	path = public/designs/themes/participa-theme
+	url = https://gitlab.com/participa/participa-theme.git
diff --git a/gitignore.example b/gitignore.example
index 8dfe08e..e7042f3 100644
--- a/gitignore.example
+++ b/gitignore.example
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public/image_uploads
 public/thumbnails
 public/user_themes
 public/designs/themes/default
-public/designs/themes/*
 public/designs/icons/default
 
 public/assets
diff --git a/public/designs/themes/participa-theme b/public/designs/themes/participa-theme
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..39da583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/designs/themes/participa-theme
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 39da58384fc3f011de026b593b7b8e849a840250
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libgit2 0.21.2