diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1b50ef1cc54b..d93aab9aa8fe 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -213,3 +213,6 @@
 [submodule "community-build/community-projects/scala-java8-compat"]
 	path = community-build/community-projects/scala-java8-compat
 	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/scala-java8-compat.git
+[submodule "community-build/community-projects/specs2"]
+	path = community-build/community-projects/specs2
+	url = https://github.com/dotty-staging/specs2.git
diff --git a/community-build/community-projects/specs2 b/community-build/community-projects/specs2
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..0652daeefb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-build/community-projects/specs2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0652daeefb57c2d51e3f16ea5c44929bdba722bf
diff --git a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
index 6d31cd73b54c..61c72f8088f0 100644
--- a/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
+++ b/community-build/src/scala/dotty/communitybuild/projects.scala
@@ -731,6 +731,13 @@ object projects:
     dependencies = List(scalaJava8Compat, scalatest)
   )
 
+  lazy val specs2 = SbtCommunityProject(
+    project = "specs2",
+    sbtTestCommand = "core/testOnly -- exclude ci",
+    sbtPublishCommand = "core/publishLocal",
+    dependencies = List()
+  )
+
 end projects
 
 def allProjects = List(
@@ -809,6 +816,7 @@ def allProjects = List(
   projects.fs2,
   projects.libretto,
   projects.jacksonModuleScala,
+  projects.specs2,
 )
 
 lazy val projectMap = allProjects.groupBy(_.project)
diff --git a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
index c1d748b4d3ad..9b5c17e85965 100644
--- a/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
+++ b/community-build/test/scala/dotty/communitybuild/CommunityBuildTest.scala
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class CommunityBuildTestC:
   @Test def sconfig = projects.sconfig.run()
   @Test def shapeless = projects.shapeless.run()
   @Test def sourcecode = projects.sourcecode.run()
+  @Test def specs2 = projects.specs2.run()
   @Test def stdLib213 = projects.stdLib213.run()
   @Test def ujson = projects.ujson.run()
   @Test def upickle = projects.upickle.run()