diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0b1e896f..3e80a77d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -106,3 +106,15 @@
 	branch = release
 	ignore = dirty
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "submodules/ubuntu-sans-mono"]
+	path = submodules/ubuntu-sans-mono
+	url = https://github.com/canonical/Ubuntu-Sans-Mono-fonts.git
+	branch = main
+	ignore = dirty
+	shallow = true
+[submodule "submodules/ubuntu-sans"]
+	path = submodules/ubuntu-sans
+	url = https://github.com/canonical/Ubuntu-Sans-fonts.git
+	branch = main
+	ignore = dirty
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/submodules/ubuntu-sans b/submodules/ubuntu-sans
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9554af00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/ubuntu-sans
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9554af00fb9d438a12c916df8451c10dcedc9b7e
diff --git a/submodules/ubuntu-sans-mono b/submodules/ubuntu-sans-mono
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..7a7bc14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/ubuntu-sans-mono
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7a7bc14e13702360f1accacbeea101697e70ea5c