diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ee3aa42..dc5ff47 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -82,3 +82,6 @@
 [submodule "paredit"]
 	path = paredit
 	url = http://mumble.net/~campbell/git/paredit.git/
+[submodule "word-count-mode"]
+	path = word-count-mode
+	url = https://github.com/tomaszskutnik/word-count-mode
diff --git a/global.org b/global.org
index e4c3c46..7688234 100644
--- a/global.org
+++ b/global.org
@@ -1118,6 +1118,12 @@
 
    #+RESULTS:
 
+** word-count
+   Add word count in modeline; useful to prepare those pesky grant
+   applications
+   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+   (require 'word-count)
+   #+END_SRC
 * Main packages
 ** Magit
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
diff --git a/word-count-mode b/word-count-mode
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6267c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/word-count-mode
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6267c98e0d9a3951e667da9bace5aaf5033f4906