diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1fd42de0..f45b5953 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export CGO_ENABLED=1
 
 # build and install libgit2
 libgit2:
-	git submodule update --init --recursive
+	-git submodule update --init --recursive
 	cd git2go; make install-static
 
 # go build tags