diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e3f446df..c60e2ed9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -239,3 +239,5 @@
 [submodule "vendor/threading"]
 	path = vendor/threading
 	url = https://github.com/nim-lang/threading.git
+	ignore = untracked
+	branch = master