diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index 5613899..a84e9de 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ if $dorepoupdate; then
         no changes in local repo
         $MSC_GIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH}
 EOF
-        $MSC_GIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH} 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 2; }
-        $MSC_GIT merge FETCH_HEAD 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 3; }
+        $SGIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH} 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 2; }
+        $SGIT merge FETCH_HEAD 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 3; }
+        if  ${dosubmodupdate:+false}; then
+            $SGIT submodule update --init --recursive
+        fi
         touch $MSC_GIT_UPD_REPO_STATFILE
     else
         logwarning -n "    Lokale Änderungen festgestellt:"