diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1becfa86..8b4f55c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ clawpack/riemann
 clawpack/visclaw
 clawpack/amrclaw
 clawpack/geoclaw
+clawpack/classic
 clawpack/version.py
 
 # ignore build directory
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3177c55e..7101dc0c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "geoclaw"]
 	path = geoclaw
 	url = ../geoclaw
-
-	   
\ No newline at end of file
+[submodule "classic"]
+	path = classic
+	url = ../classic
diff --git a/classic b/classic
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..71ea016a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classic
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 71ea016a8219aed9d690e15fb27cf2e0278a220f
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58c4f68d..90c6ed9e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     },                
     'geoclaw': {
         'python_src_dir': [('geoclaw', join('src', 'python'))]
+    },                
+    'classic': {
+        'python_src_dir': [('classic', join('src', 'python'))]
     },
     'pyclaw': {
         'python_src_dir': [('pyclaw', 'src'),