diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a1ca388..301add0 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ steps:
   - name: submodules
     image: alpine/git
     commands:
+      - git submodule init
       - git submodule update --recursive --remote
 
   - name: build