diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/AbstractSubmoduleSubscription.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/AbstractSubmoduleSubscription.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bf4511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/AbstractSubmoduleSubscription.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.acceptance.git;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.data.Permission;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
+
+public abstract class AbstractSubmoduleSubscription extends AbstractDaemonTest {
+  protected TestRepository<?> createProjectWithPush(String name)
+      throws Exception {
+    Project.NameKey project = createProject(name);
+    grant(Permission.PUSH, project, "refs/heads/*");
+    grant(Permission.SUBMIT, project, "refs/for/refs/heads/*");
+    return cloneProject(project);
+  }
+
+  protected void createSubscription(
+      TestRepository<?> repo, String branch, String subscribeToRepo,
+      String subscribeToBranch) throws Exception {
+    subscribeToRepo = name(subscribeToRepo);
+
+    // The submodule subscription module checks for gerrit.canonicalWebUrl to
+    // detect if it's configured for automatic updates. It doesn't matter if
+    // it serves from that URL.
+    String url = cfg.getString("gerrit", null, "canonicalWebUrl") + "/"
+        + subscribeToRepo;
+
+    Config cfg = new Config();
+    cfg.setString("submodule", subscribeToRepo, "path", subscribeToRepo);
+    cfg.setString("submodule", subscribeToRepo, "url", url);
+    cfg.setString("submodule", subscribeToRepo, "branch", subscribeToBranch);
+
+    repo.branch("HEAD").commit().insertChangeId()
+      .message("subject: adding new subscription")
+      .add(".gitmodules", cfg.toText().toString())
+      .create();
+
+    repo.git().push().setRemote("origin").setRefSpecs(
+        new RefSpec("HEAD:refs/heads/" + branch)).call();
+  }
+
+  protected void expectToHaveSubmoduleState(TestRepository<?> repo,
+      String branch, String submodule, ObjectId expectedId) throws Exception {
+
+    submodule = name(submodule);
+    ObjectId commitId = repo.git().fetch().setRemote("origin").call()
+        .getAdvertisedRef("refs/heads/" + branch).getObjectId();
+
+    RevWalk rw = repo.getRevWalk();
+    RevCommit c = rw.parseCommit(commitId);
+    rw.parseBody(c.getTree());
+
+    RevTree tree = c.getTree();
+    RevObject actualId = repo.get(tree, submodule);
+
+    assertThat(actualId).isEqualTo(expectedId);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/BUCK b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/BUCK
index 33a3685..1ad9c8c 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/BUCK
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/BUCK
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     'SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT.java',
     'VisibleRefFilterIT.java',
   ],
+  deps = [':submodule_util'],
   labels = ['git'],
 )
 
@@ -22,3 +23,9 @@
   srcs = ['AbstractPushForReview.java'],
   deps = ['//gerrit-acceptance-tests:lib'],
 )
+
+java_library(
+  name = 'submodule_util',
+  srcs = ['AbstractSubmoduleSubscription.java',],
+  deps = ['//gerrit-acceptance-tests:lib',]
+)
diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT.java
index 6d677d6..d444308 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/git/SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT.java
@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
-import com.google.gerrit.common.data.Permission;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
-
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
@@ -32,7 +26,7 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-public class SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
+public class SubmoduleSubscriptionsIT extends AbstractSubmoduleSubscription {
 
   @Test
   public void testSubscriptionToEmptyRepo() throws Exception {
@@ -109,14 +103,6 @@
     assertThat(hasSubmodule(subRepo, "master", "super-project")).isFalse();
   }
 
-  private TestRepository<?> createProjectWithPush(String name)
-      throws Exception {
-    Project.NameKey project = createProject(name);
-    grant(Permission.PUSH, project, "refs/heads/*");
-    grant(Permission.SUBMIT, project, "refs/for/refs/heads/*");
-    return cloneProject(project);
-  }
-
   private static AtomicInteger contentCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
   private ObjectId pushChangeTo(TestRepository<?> repo, String branch, String message)
@@ -138,27 +124,6 @@
     return pushChangeTo(repo, branch, "some change");
   }
 
-  private void createSubscription(
-      TestRepository<?> repo, String branch, String subscribeToRepo,
-      String subscribeToBranch) throws Exception {
-    subscribeToRepo = name(subscribeToRepo);
-
-    // The submodule subscription module checks for gerrit.canonicalWebUrl to
-    // detect if it's configured for automatic updates. It doesn't matter if
-    // it serves from that URL.
-    String url = cfg.getString("gerrit", null, "canonicalWebUrl") + "/"
-        + subscribeToRepo;
-    String content = buildSubmoduleSection(subscribeToRepo, subscribeToRepo,
-        url, subscribeToBranch);
-    repo.branch("HEAD").commit().insertChangeId()
-      .message("subject: adding new subscription")
-      .add(".gitmodules", content)
-      .create();
-
-    repo.git().push().setRemote("origin").setRefSpecs(
-        new RefSpec("HEAD:refs/heads/" + branch)).call();
-  }
-
   private void deleteAllSubscriptions(TestRepository<?> repo, String branch)
       throws Exception {
     repo.git().fetch().setRemote("origin").call();
@@ -176,23 +141,6 @@
     assertThat(actualId).isEqualTo(expectedId);
   }
 
-  private void expectToHaveSubmoduleState(TestRepository<?> repo, String branch,
-      String submodule, ObjectId expectedId) throws Exception {
-
-    submodule = name(submodule);
-    ObjectId commitId = repo.git().fetch().setRemote("origin").call()
-        .getAdvertisedRef("refs/heads/" + branch).getObjectId();
-
-    RevWalk rw = repo.getRevWalk();
-    RevCommit c = rw.parseCommit(commitId);
-    rw.parseBody(c.getTree());
-
-    RevTree tree = c.getTree();
-    RevObject actualId = repo.get(tree, submodule);
-
-    assertThat(actualId).isEqualTo(expectedId);
-  }
-
   private boolean hasSubmodule(TestRepository<?> repo, String branch,
       String submodule) throws Exception {
 
@@ -212,12 +160,4 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private static String buildSubmoduleSection(String name,
-      String path, String url, String branch) {
-    Config cfg = new Config();
-    cfg.setString("submodule", name, "path", path);
-    cfg.setString("submodule", name, "url", url);
-    cfg.setString("submodule", name, "branch", branch);
-    return cfg.toText().toString();
-  }
 }