diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 280e625..a2a4412 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /core_software
+/vela
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ef455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ethos-u
+
+This is the root repository for all Ethos-u software. It is provided to help
+users download required repositories and place them in a tree structure.
+
+```
+$ ./fetch_externals.py
+```
diff --git a/fetch_externals.py b/fetch_externals.py
index 5759bfb..1e8e058 100755
--- a/fetch_externals.py
+++ b/fetch_externals.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     Git(os.path.join(basedir, 'core_software/core_driver'), 'ssh://review.mlplatform.org:29418/ml/ethos-u/ethos-u-core-driver', revision='master'),
     Git(os.path.join(basedir, 'core_software/cmsis'), 'https://github.com/ARM-software/CMSIS_5.git', revision='master'),
     Git(os.path.join(basedir, 'core_software/tensorflow'), 'https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow', revision='master'),
+    Git(os.path.join(basedir, 'vela'), 'ssh://review.mlplatform.org:29418/ml/ethos-u/ethos-u-vela', revision='master')
 ]
 
 for external in externals: