diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8919cd524..5884f505f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -107,3 +107,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/externals/libxsd"]
 	path = submodules/externals/libxsd
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/libxsd
+[submodule "submodules/externals/soci"]
+	path = submodules/externals/soci
+	url = git://git.linphone.org/soci
diff --git a/submodules/externals/soci b/submodules/externals/soci
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ffe414bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/externals/soci
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ffe414bf684c5a6c0a6fd774db129e1c69472392