diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bb75f7a4..5896a999 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ FROM golang:latest AS tinygo-base
 RUN wget -O- https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key| apt-key add - && \
     echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/stretch/ llvm-toolchain-stretch-7 main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y llvm-7-dev libclang-7-dev
+    apt-get install -y llvm-7-dev libclang-7-dev git
 
 RUN wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/dep/master/install.sh | sh
 
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo
 
+RUN cd /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/ && \
+    git submodule update --init
+
 RUN cd /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/ && \
     dep ensure --vendor-only && \
     go install /go/src/github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/