diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 236652eaf63575b8a80041e9b8f05c90113a119f..b7eedc33bf1b7355f97c80c7f04c4751067734d7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "share/themes"]
 	path = share/themes
 	url = https://gitlab.com/inkscape/themes.git
+[submodule "share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols"]
+	path = share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols
+	url = https://github.com/PanderMusubi/inkscape-open-symbols.git
diff --git a/CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake b/CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake
index 003fdc74dde70702a9e38bc43f2297b57e26dbc3..961ac5cef7c789a06004735e938a90eab976d933 100644
--- a/CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake
+++ b/CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ cpack_add_component(themes
                     DESCRIPTION "Inkscape themes (look and feel including icons)"
                     GROUP "group_2_inkscape_data"
                     INSTALL_TYPES full compact)
+cpack_add_component(inkscape-open-symbols
+                    DISPLAY_NAME "Inkscape Open Symbols"
+                    DESCRIPTION "Inkscape Open Symbols"
+                    GROUP "group_2_inkscape_data"
+                    INSTALL_TYPES full compact)
 cpack_add_component(examples
                     DISPLAY_NAME "Examples"
                     DESCRIPTION "Example files created in Inkscape"
diff --git a/packaging/macos/inkscape.bundle b/packaging/macos/inkscape.bundle
index 892963b97f4868846801ac010ac4a82940cadfdd..3d4bce9749fa1a46dd22828bd65af49c0b67dde8 100644
--- a/packaging/macos/inkscape.bundle
+++ b/packaging/macos/inkscape.bundle
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
        in your bundle. -->
   <data>
     ${prefix}/share/themes
+    ${prefix}/share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols
   </data>
 
   <!-- Copy icons. Note that the .icns file is an Apple format which
diff --git a/share/CMakeLists.txt b/share/CMakeLists.txt
index 1af97d48d7c4ab7e35a9113590491613d493d90e..83a477ff90f6d3766eddb5a84baf2bccf0dcc6e7 100644
--- a/share/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/share/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ install(DIRECTORY themes DESTINATION ${INKSCAPE_SHARE_INSTALL}
     PATTERN ".git*" EXCLUDE
 )
 
+# inkscape-open-symbol (git submodule!)
+install(DIRECTORY symbols/inkscape-open-symbols DESTINATION ${INKSCAPE_SHARE_INSTALL}/symbols
+    COMPONENT inkscape-open-symbols
+    PATTERN ".git*" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.sh" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.md" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.js" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.py" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.json" EXCLUDE
+)
+
 
 # appdata and desktop files, bash completions
 if(UNIX)
diff --git a/share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols b/share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd6929a98fe35a0027f8ddd8eb5f60565431d4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/symbols/inkscape-open-symbols
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dd6929a98fe35a0027f8ddd8eb5f60565431d4d1