diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 808fb3b..5df0fdc 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ platform:
   arch: arm64
 
 steps:
+- name: submodules
+  image: alpine/git
+  commands:
+  - git submodule update --init --recursive
 - name: build
   image: docker:dind
   privileged: true