diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 899620a61..c08711191 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "rimage"]
 	path = rimage
-	url = https://github.com/thesofproject/rimage.git
+	url = ../rimage.git