diff --git a/building.md b/building.md
index 179da2f..705e881 100644
--- a/building.md
+++ b/building.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ this document describes to how compile musikcube on all supported platforms
 you'll need [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install the required dependencies. 
 
 - `brew install cmake boost libogg libvorbis flac faad2 libmicrohttpd lame`
-- `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git`
+- `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git --recursive`
 - `cd musikcube`
 - `cmake .`
 - `make`
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you'll need [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install the required dependencies.
     - `sudo zypper install libfaad-devel libcurl-devel libmicrohttpd-devel boost_1_64-devel cmake ncurses5-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel flac-devel liblame3-devel pulseaudio libpulse-devel alsa-devel zlib-devel`
   - **fedora**: `sudo dnf install gcc-c++ cmake boost-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel flac-devel faad2-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel libcurl-devel libmicrohttpd-devel lame-devel`
   - **arch**: `sudo pacman -S faad2 libogg libvorbis flac libmicrohttpd lame cmake ncurses boost pulseaudio libpulse alsa-lib curl`
-- `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git`
+- `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git --recursive`
 - `cd musikcube`
 - `cmake .`
 - `make`