diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b86d0f3be7..cdf73039a2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
 	path = packages/external-plugins/scl-template-update
 	url = https://github.com/OpenEnergyTools/scl-template-update
 	branch = deploy
+[submodule "packages/external-plugins/oscd-designer"]
+	path = packages/external-plugins/oscd-designer
+	url = https://github.com/OpenEnergyTools/oscd-designer
+	branch = gh-pages
diff --git a/packages/compas-open-scd/public/js/plugins.js b/packages/compas-open-scd/public/js/plugins.js
index e4829434b0..b6ab9710f7 100644
--- a/packages/compas-open-scd/public/js/plugins.js
+++ b/packages/compas-open-scd/public/js/plugins.js
@@ -375,6 +375,14 @@ export const officialPlugins = [
     kind: 'editor',
     requireDoc: true
   },
+  {
+    name: 'Designer',
+    src: '/external-plugins/oscd-designer/oscd-designer.js',
+    icon: 'add_box',
+    activeByDefault: false,
+    kind: 'editor',
+    requireDoc: true
+  },
   {
     name: 'Autogen Substation',
     src: '/src/compas-editors/autogen-substation.js',
diff --git a/packages/compas-open-scd/snowpack.config.mjs b/packages/compas-open-scd/snowpack.config.mjs
index b662e64dec..60629f4a51 100644
--- a/packages/compas-open-scd/snowpack.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/compas-open-scd/snowpack.config.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 export default ({
   plugins: ['@snowpack/plugin-typescript'],
   packageOptions : {
-    external: ['@web/dev-server-core','@web/dev-server-esbuild','esbuild','crypto'],
+    external: [
+      '@web/dev-server-core',
+      '@web/dev-server-esbuild',
+      'esbuild',
+      'crypto',
+      '@openscd/open-scd-core',
+      '@openscd/oscd-scl',
+    ],
   },
   exclude: [
     "**/node_modules/**/*",
@@ -35,5 +42,8 @@ export default ({
     '@openscd/open-scd': '../openscd/',
     '@openscd/plugins': '../plugins/',
   },
+  buildOptions: {
+    htmlFragments: true,
+  }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/external-plugins/oscd-designer b/packages/external-plugins/oscd-designer
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..4463426fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/external-plugins/oscd-designer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4463426fbe0fa62fbdaa0835a1b99c5145171ddd