diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bf9defc57b06..06a31cc63826 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 [submodule "src/external/LibRaw"]
 	path = src/external/LibRaw
 	url = https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw.git
+[submodule "src/external/lua-scripts"]
+	path = src/external/lua-scripts
+	url = https://github.com/darktable-org/lua-scripts.git
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 002ad53ceb7b..e1f82ea88d62 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorbalancergb.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorchecker.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorcontrast.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorcorrection.c
+build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorequal.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorin.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorize.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colormapping.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorout.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorreconstruction.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colortransfer.c
-build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorequal.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_colorzones.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_crop.c
 build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_defringe.c
@@ -94,6 +94,27 @@ build/lib/darktable/plugins/introspection_zonesystem.c
 build/share/darktable/org.darktable.darktable.desktop.in
 data/org.darktable.darktable.appdata.xml.in
 data/org.darktable.darktable.desktop.in
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils/debug.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils/file.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils/log.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils/string.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/lib/dtutils/system.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/check_for_updates.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/copy_paste_metadata.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/delete_long_tags.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/delete_unused_tags.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/enfuse.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/generate_image_txt.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/image_path_in_ui.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/import_filter_manager.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/import_filters.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/save_selection.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/official/selection_to_pdf.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/tools/executable_manager.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/tools/get_lib_manpages.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/tools/get_libdoc.lua
+src/external/lua-scripts/tools/script_manager.lua
 src/bauhaus/bauhaus.c
 src/chart/main.c
 src/cli/main.c
@@ -220,13 +241,13 @@ src/iop/colorbalancergb.c
 src/iop/colorchecker.c
 src/iop/colorcontrast.c
 src/iop/colorcorrection.c
+src/iop/colorequal.c
 src/iop/colorin.c
 src/iop/colorize.c
 src/iop/colormapping.c
 src/iop/colorout.c
 src/iop/colorreconstruction.c
 src/iop/colortransfer.c
-src/iop/colorequal.c
 src/iop/colorzones.c
 src/iop/crop.c
 src/iop/defringe.c
diff --git a/src/external/lua-scripts b/src/external/lua-scripts
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..3d1f12fe4436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external/lua-scripts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3d1f12fe4436d288666c77301a88910262c84328