diff --git a/scripts/build_setup.sh b/scripts/build_setup.sh
index 1529ea072c1daef839b4481884015ece4472b343..dcdefe3ff9d070a0cd3ebcb17be58d8bee88ab8c 100644
--- a/scripts/build_setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_setup.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RECIPE_NAME=$5
 
 git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/
 git config --global url.https://gitlab-ci-token:${GITBOT_TOKEN}@git.seco.com/.insteadOf https://git.seco.com/
-repo init -u ${CI_REPOSITORY_URL} -b ${BUILD_BRANCH}
+repo init --submodules -u ${CI_REPOSITORY_URL} -b ${BUILD_BRANCH} --
 repo sync -j$(nproc) --fetch-submodules --no-clone-bundle
 
 RECIPES="u-boot-seco-rk linux-seco-rk u-boot-seco-imx linux-seco-imx imx-mkimage"