diff --git a/src/GitHubExtension/Providers/RepositoryProvider.cs b/src/GitHubExtension/Providers/RepositoryProvider.cs
index 8b85fa6..df40dd7 100644
--- a/src/GitHubExtension/Providers/RepositoryProvider.cs
+++ b/src/GitHubExtension/Providers/RepositoryProvider.cs
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ public IAsyncOperation<ProviderOperationResult> CloneRepositoryAsync(IRepository
             var cloneOptions = new LibGit2Sharp.CloneOptions
             {
                 Checkout = true,
+                RecurseSubmodules = true,
             };
 
             if (developerId != null)