diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b61a6eaf411f..e5112b8614e2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/protoquill"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/protoquill
 	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/protoquill.git
+[submodule "community-build/community-projects/scopt"]
+	path = community-build/community-projects/scopt
+	url = https://github.com/scopt/scopt.git
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/onnx-scala"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/onnx-scala
 	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/onnx-scala.git
diff --git a/community-build/community-projects/scopt b/community-build/community-projects/scopt
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..0f609e395029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-build/community-projects/scopt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0f609e3950299ad5f96713e6f93865dcf2026674
diff --git a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
index 106952d1cb2a..a8bdc8fe9563 100644
--- a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
+++ b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
@@ -438,6 +438,14 @@ object projects:
     requiresExperimental = true,
   )
 
+  lazy val scopt = SbtCommunityProject(
+    project          = "scopt",
+    sbtTestCommand   = "scoptJVM/test",
+    sbtPublishCommand = "scoptJVM/publishLocal",
+    dependencies = List(verify)
+  )
+
+
   lazy val scalaParserCombinators = SbtCommunityProject(
     project          = "scala-parser-combinators",
     sbtTestCommand   = "parserCombinatorsJVM/test",
@@ -508,7 +516,8 @@ object projects:
     project        = "verify",
     sbtTestCommand = "verifyJVM/test",
     sbtDocCommand = "verifyJVM/doc",
-    scalacOptions = SbtCommunityProject.scalacOptions.filter(_ != "-Xcheck-macros") // TODO enable -Xcheck-macros
+    scalacOptions = SbtCommunityProject.scalacOptions.filter(_ != "-Xcheck-macros"), // TODO enable -Xcheck-macros
+    sbtPublishCommand = "verifyJVM/publishLocal",
   )
 
   lazy val discipline = SbtCommunityProject(
@@ -729,6 +738,7 @@ def allProjects = List(
   projects.discipline,
   projects.disciplineMunit,
   projects.disciplineSpecs2,
+  projects.scopt,
   projects.simulacrumScalafixAnnotations,
   projects.cats,
   projects.catsMtl,
diff --git a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
index 5576b95afba5..b39c6712502e 100644
--- a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
+++ b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class CommunityBuildTestC extends CommunityBuildTest:
   @Test def scalaz = projects.scalaz.run()
   @Test def scas = projects.scas.run()
   @Test def sconfig = projects.sconfig.run()
+  @Test def scopt = projects.scopt.run()
   @Test def shapeless = projects.shapeless.run()
   @Test def sourcecode = projects.sourcecode.run()
   @Test def stdLib213 = projects.stdLib213.run()
@@ -170,3 +171,4 @@ class CommunityBuildTestC extends CommunityBuildTest:
   @Test def verify = projects.verify.run()
   @Test def xmlInterpolator = projects.xmlInterpolator.run()
 end CommunityBuildTestC
+