diff --git a/meta/base.yaml b/meta/base.yaml
index 769eb7c..21b44be 100644
--- a/meta/base.yaml
+++ b/meta/base.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
       create: true
       relink: true
 
+- shell:
+    - ["git submodule update --init --recursive", "Installing submodules"]
+
 - clean: [
     '~',
     '~/.config'