diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbc867e..45ebe77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Full [documentation](https://mousebyte.github.io/LuaClassLib/) is available on G
 Example build process on Arch Linux:
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/mousebyte/LuaClassLib.git
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mousebyte/LuaClassLib.git
 cd LuaClassLib
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index b71284b..9825a0d 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ For Linux systems with Lua installed:
 
 .. sourcecode:: console
    
-   $ git clone https://github.com/mousebyte/LuaClassLib.git
+   $ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mousebyte/LuaClassLib.git
    $ mkdir build && cd build
    $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
    $ make && sudo make install