diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a9965bb..97c5c19 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -497,3 +497,7 @@ url = ../rpm/xxhash.git
 [submodule "xz"]
 path = xz
 url = ../rpm/xz.git
+
+[submodule "zlib"]
+path = zlib
+url = ../rpm/zlib.git
diff --git a/zlib b/zlib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..8c0c3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8c0c3fff2f0dc2b0fb3101b1438eedbde307b9d1