diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00d81364e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[submodule "pycmake"]
+    path = python/pycmake
+    url = git://github.com/Statoil/pycmake.git
+    branch = 21f1eb9
+[submodule "pybind11"]
+    path = python/pybind11
+    url = git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+    branch = add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab
diff --git a/python/.gitmodules b/python/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index b67abcb14..000000000
--- a/python/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "pycmake"]
-    path = pycmake
-    url = git://github.com/Statoil/pycmake.git
-    branch = 21f1eb9
-[submodule "pybind11"]
-	path = pybind11
-	url = git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
-	branch = add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab