diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 74d44b2..812a629 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -349,3 +349,7 @@ url = ../rpm/patch.git
 [submodule "patchutils"]
 path = patchutils
 url = ../rpm/patchutils.git
+
+[submodule "pcre2"]
+path = pcre2
+url = ../rpm/pcre2.git
diff --git a/pcre2 b/pcre2
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..3a6583a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pcre2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3a6583a9be52e050ee9ea8b536abf3b4c924d2ae