diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6014bc10..e932ecaf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = deps/zlib
 	url = https://github.com/madler/zlib.git
 	branch = master
+[submodule "deps/libsodium"]
+	path = deps/libsodium
+	url = https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
diff --git a/deps/libsodium b/deps/libsodium
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..fb4533b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/libsodium
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fb4533b0a941b3a5b1db5687d1b008a5853d1f29