diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "policy/modules/contrib"]
+	path = policy/modules/contrib
+	url = http://oss.tresys.com/git/refpolicy-contrib.git
diff --git a/policy/modules/contrib b/policy/modules/contrib
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+Subproject commit 9401ae10439194149e43f840803281590111978f