diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0dca26..49dd053 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 mapserver
-mapserver_mod
 world.mt
 output
 test-output
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6247b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "dev/worldmods/mapserver_mod"]
+	path = dev/worldmods/mapserver_mod
+	url = https://github.com/minetest-mapserver/mapserver_mod
diff --git a/dev/.gitignore b/dev/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1269488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data
diff --git a/dev/minetest.conf b/dev/minetest.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8a2bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/minetest.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+default_privs = fast, home, fly, noclip, privs
+secure.http_mods = mapserver
+mapserver.url = http://127.0.0.1:8080
diff --git a/dev/start_minetest.sh b/dev/start_minetest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..289a2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/start_minetest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+docker run --rm -it \
+	-u root:root \
+	-v $(pwd)/minetest.conf:/etc/minetest/minetest.conf \
+	-v $(pwd)/worldmods:/root/.minetest/worlds/world/worldmods \
+	-v $(pwd)/data:/root/.minetest/worlds/world \
+	--network host \
+	registry.gitlab.com/minetest/minetest/server:5.2.0
diff --git a/dev/worldmods/mapserver_mod b/dev/worldmods/mapserver_mod
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f6f3cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/worldmods/mapserver_mod
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f6f3cd4ff5cf3900bb2b73370e936eb41ea46f6c