diff --git a/blueprints/dev-utils/kshim/kshim.py b/blueprints/dev-utils/kshim/kshim.py
index 2cf16686f..5ceaec97e 100644
--- a/blueprints/dev-utils/kshim/kshim.py
+++ b/blueprints/dev-utils/kshim/kshim.py
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 import info
 from Package.CMakePackageBase import *
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets(self):
         self.svnTargets["master"] = "https://invent.kde.org/vonreth/kshim.git"
         self.defaultTarget = 'master'
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.runtimeDependencies["dev-utils/mingw-w64"] = None
 
 class Package(CMakePackageBase):
     def __init__(self, **args):
         CMakePackageBase.__init__(self)
-        self._botstrap = False
+        self.subinfo.options.fetch.checkoutSubmodules = True
+        self._botstrap = True
 
     def configure(self):
         self._botstrap = not CraftCore.cache.findApplication("cmake")
         if not self._botstrap:
             return super().configure()
         else:
             return True
 
     def make(self):
         if not self._botstrap:
             return super().make()
         else:
             return utils.system([sys.executable, os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "bootstrap.py")], cwd=self.buildDir())
 
     def install(self):
         if not self._botstrap:
             return super().install()
         else:
             return  utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.buildDir(), f"kshimgen{CraftCore.compiler.executableSuffix}"), os.path.join(self.installDir(), "bin", f"kshimgen{CraftCore.compiler.executableSuffix}"))