diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 42bd1b79..a49395d1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 [submodule "external/libsodium"]
 	path = external/libsodium
 	url = https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
+	branch = stable
 [submodule "external/unbound"]
 	path = external/unbound
 	url = https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound.git
diff --git a/external/ios/libsodium_apple-ios.sh b/external/ios/libsodium_apple-ios.sh
index 8a47a163..963ba32a 100755
--- a/external/ios/libsodium_apple-ios.sh
+++ b/external/ios/libsodium_apple-ios.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ build_ios() {
 
 mkdir -p "${PREFIX}/tmp"
 
-echo "Building for iOS..."
+echo "Building for iOS... ($LOG_FILE)"
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
 build_ios >"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 || exit 1
 
 echo "Adding the Clibsodium module map for Swift..."
diff --git a/external/libsodium b/external/libsodium
index 443617d7..fb80cbfa 160000
--- a/external/libsodium
+++ b/external/libsodium
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 443617d7507498f7477703f0b51cb596d4539262
+Subproject commit fb80cbfa59cb97c7e867074416bfde3ec337c05a