diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6ba080f5b..c24fdbc83 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -107,3 +107,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/externals/soci"]
 	path = submodules/externals/soci
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/soci
+[submodule "submodules/externals/minizip"]
+	path = submodules/externals/minizip
+	url = git://git.linphone.org/minizip
diff --git a/submodules/externals/minizip b/submodules/externals/minizip
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..d65cd2ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/externals/minizip
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d65cd2ea9d740f62884e0beaf8ab86740620c783