diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index 3c4402e487..89bbe4d938 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    git clone https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
    # if you intend to do testing on the latest release, you can clone the respective branch selectively, without downloading the whole repository
    # for the 1.9.3 release, you would do it like this:
-   git clone --branch release/v1.9.3 https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
+   git clone --recurse-submodules --branch release/v1.9.3 https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
    cd bisq
    ```