diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 39288a7ae49..86c5c780c5e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 [submodule "src/rt/hoedown"]
 	path = src/rt/hoedown
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/hoedown.git
+	branch = rust-2015-09-21-do-not-delete
 [submodule "src/jemalloc"]
 	path = src/jemalloc
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/jemalloc.git
diff --git a/src/rt/hoedown b/src/rt/hoedown
index a3736a0a190..da282f1bb72 160000
--- a/src/rt/hoedown
+++ b/src/rt/hoedown
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a3736a0a1907cbc8bf619708738815a5fd789c80
+Subproject commit da282f1bb7277b4d30fa1599ee29ad8eb4dd2a92