diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c81e142..58dd0a5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "nodejs21"]
 	path = nodejs21
 	url = https://src.opensuse.org/autogits/nodejs21.git
+[submodule "c-ares"]
+	path = c-ares
+	url = https://src.opensuse.org/autogits/c-ares.git
diff --git a/c-ares b/c-ares
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..918b95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-ares
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 918b95be0fe7c251f8168679b9cd2a4287ce552fa717cc6eaf90730c5fa00f27