diff --git a/.drone.dev.yml b/.drone.dev.yml
index cc6f5872..92224368 100644
--- a/.drone.dev.yml
+++ b/.drone.dev.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: docker
 name: dev
 steps:
+    - name: submodules
+      image: alpine/git
+      commands:
+        - git submodule update --init --recursive
+
     - name: hugo build
       image: plugins/hugo
       settings:
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e4711333..7fcdeca2 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: docker
 name: prod
 steps:
+    - name: submodules
+      image: alpine/git
+      commands:
+        - git submodule update --init --recursive
+
     - name: hugo build
       image: plugins/hugo
       settings: