diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 220053c..ca61747 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@
 [submodule "dotbot-pip"]
 	path = tools/dotbot-pip
 	url = https://github.com/sobolevn/dotbot-pip.git
+[submodule "tmux/tmux-suspend"]
+	path = config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend
+	url = https://github.com/MunifTanjim/tmux-suspend.git
+[submodule "tmux/tmux-mode-indicator"]
+	path = config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator
+	url = https://github.com/MunifTanjim/tmux-mode-indicator.git
diff --git a/add-submodules.sh b/add-submodules.sh
index f8d7c09..377a7e5 100755
--- a/add-submodules.sh
+++ b/add-submodules.sh
@@ -17,17 +17,25 @@ git submodule add --name cheat-community \
 # tmux plugin manager and plugins
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-continuum \
   -f https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum config/tmux/plugins/tmux-continuum
+git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-mode-indicator \
+  -f https://github.com/MunifTanjim/tmux-mode-indicator.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-resurrect \
   -f https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect config/tmux/plugins/tmux-resurrect
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-sensible \
   -f https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-sensible
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-sessionist \
   -f https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-sessionist.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-sessionist
+git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-suspend \
+  -f https://github.com/MunifTanjim/tmux-suspend.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-window-name \
   -f https://github.com/ofirgall/tmux-window-name.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-window-name
 git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-yank \
   -f https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank.git config/tmux/plugins/tmux-yank
 
+for MODULE in $(git config --file .gitmodules --get-regexp path | awk '{ print $2 }'); do
+  git config "submodule.${MODULE}.ignore" all
+done
+
 # remove old submodules
 [ -d "config/tmux/plugins/tpm" ] && rm -rf config/tmux/plugins/tpm
 [ -d "config/tmux/plugins/tmux" ] && rm -rf config/tmux/plugins/tmux
diff --git a/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator b/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..7027903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7027903adca37c54cb8f5fa99fc113b11c23c2c4
diff --git a/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend b/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1a2f806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1a2f806666e0bfed37535372279fa00d27d50d14
diff --git a/config/tmux/tmux.conf b/config/tmux/tmux.conf
index e4c3a35..c0fe6f6 100644
--- a/config/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/config/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-sensible/sensible.tmux
 run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-continuum/continuum.tmux
 run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-resurrect/resurrect.tmux
 run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-sessionist/sessionist.tmux
+run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-mode-indicator/mode_indicator.tmux
+run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-suspend/suspend.tmux
 run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-yank/yank.tmux
 run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-window-name/tmux_window_name.tmux
 
@@ -103,6 +105,11 @@ run-shell ~/.dotfiles/config/tmux/plugins/tmux-window-name/tmux_window_name.tmux
 #  │ Plugins related configurations                           │
 #  ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
 
+# Plugin that lets you suspend local tmux session,
+# so that you can work with nested remote tmux session painlessly.
+# https://github.com/MunifTanjim/tmux-suspend
+set -g @suspend_key 'F12'
+
 ##  A plugin to name your tmux windows smartly.
 ## https://github.com/ofirgall/tmux-window-name
 ### Maximum name length of a window