diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e0fab89..13a5e8e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "extra/devuan-keyring"]
 	path = extra/devuan-keyring
 	url = https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/devuan-keyring
+[submodule "extra/debootstrap"]
+	path = extra/debootstrap
+	url = https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/debootstrap
+	branch = suites/jessie
diff --git a/extra/debootstrap b/extra/debootstrap
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d2fd705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/debootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d2fd705976704b218898a8639e2d22d8bd46769a