diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45261cf7d8d827362456a71e8c3f8ef95f8a61e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "src/modules/matlab-fame-io"]
+	path = src/modules/matlab-fame-io
+	url = git@gitlab.com:McModelTeam/matlab-fame-io.git
diff --git a/src/@dseries/dseries.m b/src/@dseries/dseries.m
index ac2367c97c181f59beafdb90737badd8ccaafe16..608e8d7915632fd98d9ee9683b9b0e6f82c9c52f 100644
--- a/src/@dseries/dseries.m
+++ b/src/@dseries/dseries.m
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ classdef dseries<handle % --*-- Unitary tests --*--
                         end
                         [freq,init,data,varlist] = load_xls_file_data(varargin{1}, sheet, range);
                         tex = [];
+                    elseif check_file_extension(varargin{1},'db')
+                        % Fame database (need to have matlab-fame-io submodule and TimeIQ installed)
+                        FameInfo = fame.open.connector();
+                        db = fame.open.database(FameInfo, varargin{1});
+                        [data, init, varlist] = fame.getall.timeseries(db);
+                        fame.close.database(fid);
+                        fame.close.connector(FameInfo);
                     else
                         error('dseries:WrongInputArguments', 'I''m not able to load data from %s!', varargin{1});
                     end
diff --git a/src/initialize_dseries_toolbox.m b/src/initialize_dseries_toolbox.m
index 0d8ff392d785a8041b0115be618ade5c11e85b8e..94b384e40eb95e41d9b944e6a6ae082c78b2f128 100644
--- a/src/initialize_dseries_toolbox.m
+++ b/src/initialize_dseries_toolbox.m
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ end
 if isoctave && ~exist('user_has_octave_forge_package','file')
     addpath([dseries_src_root '/utilities/missing/user_has_octave_forge_package'])
 end
+
+% Add matlab-fame-io (fame connector toolbox) if available.
+if exist([dseries_src_root '/modules/matlab-fame-io'])
+    addpath([dseries_src_root '/modules/matlab-fame-io'])
+    if exist([dseries_src_root '/modules/matlab-fame-io/locals.m'])
+        initialize_fame_toolbox();
+    else
+        warning('matlab-fame-io submodule is not properly configured!')
+    end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/matlab-fame-io b/src/modules/matlab-fame-io
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..581f54bf3edce3e57d2c05428375bd3541774f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/matlab-fame-io
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 581f54bf3edce3e57d2c05428375bd3541774f2e