diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 39b409c6d0d03d47b6f3d5857adecef02f5475ec..4157e17199a10839b8ee4f20b6c10969b19bd1e8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "libc-artifacts"]
 	path = libc-artifacts
 	url = https://github.com/redox-os/libc-artifacts.git
+	branch = master