diff --git a/erp5/util/testnode/Updater.py b/erp5/util/testnode/Updater.py
index b3287fbddbe80bf9e3319d56f5c95e1f9c296c75..4ae7741d282f105394c75a542ac0d75a45bf0fe3 100644
--- a/erp5/util/testnode/Updater.py
+++ b/erp5/util/testnode/Updater.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Updater(object):
         if not(correct_url):
           self.deleteRepository()
       if not os.path.exists(self.repository_path):
-        parameter_list = ['clone', self.url]
+        parameter_list = ['clone', '--recurse-submodules', self.url]
         if self.branch is not None:
           parameter_list.extend(['-b', self.branch])
         parameter_list.append(self.repository_path)