diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0545a2d..3851582 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -209,3 +209,7 @@ url = ../rpm/libcap.git
 [submodule "libcap-ng"]
 path = libcap-ng
 url = ../rpm/libcap-ng.git
+
+[submodule "libdb-4_8"]
+path = libdb-4_8
+url = ../rpm/libdb-4_8.git
diff --git a/libdb-4_8 b/libdb-4_8
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..efc146d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdb-4_8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit efc146d3c6e4550fa2fd7d71cf86403419ded955