diff --git a/plugins/git-auto-fetch/git-auto-fetch.plugin.zsh b/plugins/git-auto-fetch/git-auto-fetch.plugin.zsh
index 2df34bb7b..f8dfec759 100644
--- a/plugins/git-auto-fetch/git-auto-fetch.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/git-auto-fetch/git-auto-fetch.plugin.zsh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function git-fetch-all {
     date -R &>! "$gitdir/FETCH_LOG"
     GIT_SSH_COMMAND="command ssh -o BatchMode=yes" \
     GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 \
-      command git fetch --all 2>/dev/null &>> "$gitdir/FETCH_LOG"
+      command git fetch --all --recurse-submodules=yes 2>/dev/null &>> "$gitdir/FETCH_LOG"
   ) &|
 }