diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 41c19a4..3df4fef 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "sources/lua-resty-string"]
 	path = sources/lua-resty-string
 	url = https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-string
+[submodule "sources/lua-resty-redis"]
+	path = sources/lua-resty-redis
+	url = https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-redis
diff --git a/build b/build
index 76f6b3c..a1bace6 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ popd
 
 # resty libs that can be installed
 RESTY_LIBS=(
-	lua-resty-{core,lrucache,string,websocket,http}
+	lua-resty-{core,lrucache,string,websocket,http, redis}
 )
 
 # install resty libs
diff --git a/sources/lua-resty-redis b/sources/lua-resty-redis
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1ad17e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/lua-resty-redis
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1ad17e14fb464bf581afcd8774644738a46cb58c