diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8afcf5489c666ba5fff0c64288595bde9d96c479..e88cb6579429269afc9ee514e3f1803c8fecf594 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 image: hpvm/gitlab-ci
-
+variables:
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 build:
   stage: build
   tags: