diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df014c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "templates/cc-tools"]
+	path = templates/cc-tools
+	url = https://github.com/hlapp/cc-tools
diff --git a/templates/cc-tools b/templates/cc-tools
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f3e13c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/cc-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f3e13c0884f18fcc48bcfafe6ffccac335beb253
diff --git a/templates/footer.html b/templates/footer.html
index b0a7065..3606cb9 100644
--- a/templates/footer.html
+++ b/templates/footer.html
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 <p class="copyright text-muted">
     Blog powered by <a href="http://getpelican.com">Pelican</a>,
-    which takes great advantage of <a href="http://python.org">Python</a>.
+    which takes great advantage of <a href="http://python.org">Python</a>. <br />
+    {%- if CC_LICENSE or CC_LICENSE_DERIVATIVES or CC_LICENSE_COMMERCIAL %}
+    {% from 'cc-tools/cc-license.html' import cc_license_mark %}
+        {{ cc_license_mark(cc_name=CC_LICENSE,derivatives=CC_LICENSE_DERIVATIVES,commercial=CC_LICENSE_COMMERCIAL,attr_markup=CC_ATTR_MARKUP,attr_props={'title':SITENAME,'name':article.author if article else AUTHOR,'url':SITEURL}) }}
+    {% else %}
+        &copy; {{ copy_date }} {{ AUTHOR }}
+    {% endif %}
 </p>