diff --git a/lib/itamae/resource/git.rb b/lib/itamae/resource/git.rb
index b308fa1f..5f5b3450 100644
--- a/lib/itamae/resource/git.rb
+++ b/lib/itamae/resource/git.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Git < Base
       define_attribute :destination, type: String, default_name: true
       define_attribute :repository, type: String, required: true
       define_attribute :revision, type: String
+      define_attribute :recursive, default: false
 
       def pre_action
         case @current_action
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@ def action_sync(options)
         if run_specinfra(:check_file_is_directory, attributes.destination)
           run_command_in_repo(['git', 'fetch', 'origin'])
         else
-          run_command(['git', 'clone', attributes.repository, attributes.destination])
+          cmd = ['git', 'clone']
+          cmd << '--recursive' if attributes.recursive
+          cmd << attributes.repository << attributes.destination
+          run_command(cmd)
           new_repository = true
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/default_spec.rb b/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
index e9d06713..ffd12a58 100644
--- a/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
   its(:stdout) { should match(/3116e170b89dc0f7315b69c1c1e1fd7fab23ac0d/) }
 end
 
+describe command('cd /tmp/git_repo_submodule/empty_repo && cat README.md') do
+  its(:stdout) { should match(/Empty Repo/) }
+end
+
 describe file('/tmp/created_by_itamae_user') do
   it { should be_file }
   it { should be_owned_by 'itamae' }
diff --git a/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb b/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
index b9871f48..71002048 100644
--- a/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@
   revision "v0.1.0"
 end
 
+git "/tmp/git_repo_submodule" do
+  repository "https://github.com/mmasaki/fake_repo_including_submodule.git"
+  recursive true
+end
+
 #####
 
 execute "echo -n $HOME > /tmp/created_by_itamae_user" do