diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 254dabf02c..7735bc2d03 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/lwip"]
 	path = lib/lwip
 	url = http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/lwip.git
+[submodule "lib/berkeley-db-1.xx"]
+	path = lib/berkeley-db-1.xx
+	url = https://github.com/pfalcon/berkeley-db-1.xx
diff --git a/lib/berkeley-db-1.xx b/lib/berkeley-db-1.xx
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..6dc9d673a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/berkeley-db-1.xx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6dc9d673a4a536341b5ba770809b8e1603819497