diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89ef9335e1e6a..8ace611660533 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 # IONOS: this should not be upsteamed!
 !/apps-external/viewer
 !/apps-external/user_oidc
+!/apps-external/serverinfo
 !/apps-custom/*
 
 # apps modules
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5c6d425488523..c58f281eec412 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@
 [submodule "apps-custom/nc_ionos_processes"]
 	path = apps-custom/nc_ionos_processes
 	url = git@github.com:IONOS-Productivity/nc_ionos_processes.git
+[submodule "apps-external/serverinfo"]
+	path = apps-external/serverinfo
+	url = git@github.com:nextcloud/serverinfo.git
diff --git a/apps-external/serverinfo b/apps-external/serverinfo
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000..b0579de727c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-external/serverinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b0579de727c6a1959f5f89a6b9caf4f86aa25659