diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b15c0c2186b8..9ad809c880af 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/effpi"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/effpi
 	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/effpi
+[submodule "community-build/community-projects/intent"]
+	path = community-build/community-projects/intent
+	url = https://github.com/factor10/intent.git
diff --git a/community-build/community-projects/intent b/community-build/community-projects/intent
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..f27f543e85a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-build/community-projects/intent
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f27f543e85a5c0147a0ae690de8a2b47825708fa
diff --git a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
index f6ef1ac1fb23..5fcb39b91e06 100644
--- a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
+++ b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ class CommunityBuildTest {
     updateCommand = ";set ThisBuild / useEffpiPlugin := false; effpi/test:update; benchmarks/test:update; examples/test:update; pluginBenchmarks/test:update"
   )
 
+  @Test def intent = test(
+    project       = "intent",
+    testCommand   = "test",
+    updateCommand = "update"
+  )
+
   // TODO @oderky? It got broken by #5458
   // @Test def pdbp = test(
   //   project       = "pdbp",