diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2f687c1..c1243a2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@
 [submodule "tools/initfs"]
 	path = tools/initfs
 	url = https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-initfs.git
+[submodule "kernel"]
+	path = kernel
+	url = https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/kernel.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c75189e..de529a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 BUILD_DIR=./build
 export QEMU?=qemu-system-x86_64
 
+TOOLCHAIN = $(CURDIR)/tools/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox/toolchain
+export PATH := $(TOOLCHAIN)/bin:$(PATH)
+export CARGO := $(TOOLCHAIN)/bin/cargo
+
 # Default rule
 .PHONY: default
 default: bios
diff --git a/kernel b/kernel
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d4797bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d4797bbf50aa294bce404b30570f0ab6d45753ed
diff --git a/make/filesystem b/make/filesystem
index b495d3f..123b4b0 100644
--- a/make/filesystem
+++ b/make/filesystem
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/initfs: $(shell find ./components -type f -not -pat
 	make -C components
 	./tools/bin/redox-initfs-ar --output $@ ./components/build
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/kernel:
+$(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/kernel: $(shell find ./kernel -type f -not -path "*/target/*")
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot
-	rm -f $@
-	fallocate -l 1MiB $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/kernel
+	cd ./kernel && make
+	cp -v kernel/kernel "$@"
 
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem.img: $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/kernel $(BUILD_DIR)/filesystem/boot/initfs