diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ea58c06..8c712d0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -121,3 +121,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi"]
 	path = vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi
 	url = https://github.com/arnetheduck/nim-sqlite3-abi.git
+[submodule "vendor/nim-leveldbstatic"]
+	path = vendor/nim-leveldbstatic
+	url = https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-leveldb.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-leveldbstatic b/vendor/nim-leveldbstatic
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..378ef63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-leveldbstatic
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 378ef63e261e3b5834a3567404edc3ce838498b3