diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 81ed2d5f4..bf7fdaefd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 [submodule "addins/embench-iot"]
 	path = addins/embench-iot
 	url = https://github.com/embench/embench-iot
+	branch = embench-1.0-branch
 [submodule "addins/coremark"]
 	path = addins/coremark
 	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark
+[submodule "embench"]
+	branch = embench-1.0-branch
+[submodule "embench-iot"]
+	branch = embench-1.0-branch
diff --git a/addins/embench-iot b/addins/embench-iot
index 261a65e0a..58ffa0c68 160000
--- a/addins/embench-iot
+++ b/addins/embench-iot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 261a65e0a2d3e8d62d81b1d8fe7e309a096bc6a9
+Subproject commit 58ffa0c68c52f291d12c5902fc787d2bca94ddf9