diff --git a/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/functions b/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/functions
index efa8a3e17..00ea552a7 100755
--- a/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/functions
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ function doGitPullOrClone() {
     then
       doFail "Not a git repository: ${1}"
     else
-      doRunCommand "git clone '${2}' '${1}' --config core.autocrlf=false"
-      if [ -z "${3}" ]
+      doRunCommand "git clone --recursive '${2}' '${1}' --config core.autocrlf=false"
+      if [ -n "${3}" ]
       then 
         pushd "${1}" || exit 255
         doRunCommand "git checkout ${3}"