diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deb925601..be342060d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git:
 
     $ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git pdfjs
     $ cd pdfjs
+    $ git submodule init
+    $ git submodule update
 
 Next, you need to start a local web server as some browsers don't allow opening
 PDF files for a file:// url: