diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a0dc10b1..392648e4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/crypt_blowfish"]
 	path = deps/crypt_blowfish
 	url = https://github.com/openwall/crypt_blowfish.git
+[submodule "deps/libbacktrace"]
+	path = deps/libbacktrace
+	url = https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace.git
diff --git a/deps/libbacktrace b/deps/libbacktrace
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9ae4f4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/libbacktrace
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9ae4f4ae4481b1e69d38ed810980d33103544613