diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8d8a29ac8a33fcbef1676099c6431968c282463e..4decb62f7c8abe30b802b36e6d96ab408ee12ce2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+vars:
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
   image: lwolf/helm-kubectl-docker