diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 59df32dbdb0b..1b59ef21c5bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/sconfig"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/sconfig
 	url = https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig.git
+[submodule "community-build/community-projects/zio"]
+	path = community-build/community-projects/zio
+	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/zio.git
diff --git a/community-build/community-projects/zio b/community-build/community-projects/zio
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..7bbe95e979f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-build/community-projects/zio
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7bbe95e979f58b765a494950ec6a2d442afb1cd8
diff --git a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
index 76d85e3cb864..0ceb43219034 100644
--- a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
+++ b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ object projects:
     sbtTestCommand   = "sconfigJVM/test",
     sbtUpdateCommand = "sconfigJVM/update"
   )
+
+  lazy val zio = SbtCommunityProject(
+    project = "zio",
+    sbtTestCommand = "testJVMDotty",
+    sbtUpdateCommand = "update"
+  )
 end projects
 
 @Category(Array(classOf[TestCategory]))
@@ -341,6 +347,7 @@ class CommunityBuildTest:
   @Test def xmlInterpolator = projects.xmlInterpolator.run()
   @Test def effpi = projects.effpi.run()
   @Test def sconfig = projects.sconfig.run()
+  @Test def zio = projects.zio.run()
 end CommunityBuildTest
 
 class TestCategory