diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb5c79f6..c9e36dc1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,3 +199,6 @@ if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM
   )
 endif(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND git submodule update --init --recursive --no-fetch
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
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