diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 966b3b6a2a980771b724301809a978f404ce660e..78715399336ee380c33c822c1d1d2994beb79b13 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 image: omalaspinas/pandoc:latest
 
+variables:
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+
+
 before_script:
    ##
    ## Run ssh-agent (inside the build environment)