diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9234ec256..0da896326 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "libs/src/libconfig"]
 	path = libs/src/libconfig
 	url = https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig.git
+[submodule "libs/src/bzip2-1.0.6"]
+	path = libs/src/bzip2-1.0.6
+	url = https://github.com/enthought/bzip2-1.0.6.git
diff --git a/libs/src/bzip2-1.0.6 b/libs/src/bzip2-1.0.6
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..288acf97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/src/bzip2-1.0.6
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 288acf97a15d558f96c24c89f578b724d6e06b0c