diff --git a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
index 576c90397..f05c2c266 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
+++ b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ sub build_linux_source {
     mkdir($source_dir . "/Server/build") if (!-e $source_dir . "/Server/build");
     chdir($source_dir . "/Server/build");
 
+    print `git submodule init`;
+    print `git submodule update`;
+
     print "Generating CMake build files...\n";
     if ($os_flavor eq "fedora_core") {
         print `cmake $cmake_options -DEQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN=ON -DEQEMU_BUILD_LUA=ON -DLUA_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/lua-5.1/ -G "Unix Makefiles" ..`;