diff --git a/commands/command_clone.go b/commands/command_clone.go
index 854642fa..8bedc307 100644
--- a/commands/command_clone.go
+++ b/commands/command_clone.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func init() {
 		cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cloneFlags.Ipv6, "ipv6", "", false, "See 'git clone --help'")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloneFlags.ShallowSince, "shallow-since", "", "", "See 'git clone --help'")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloneFlags.ShallowExclude, "shallow-exclude", "", "", "See 'git clone --help'")
+		cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cloneFlags.ShallowSubmodules, "shallow-submodules", "", false, "See 'git clone --help'")
 
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&includeArg, "include", "I", "", "Include a list of paths")
 		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&excludeArg, "exclude", "X", "", "Exclude a list of paths")
diff --git a/git/git.go b/git/git.go
index 2d781965..6c43d762 100644
--- a/git/git.go
+++ b/git/git.go
@@ -804,6 +804,8 @@ type CloneFlags struct {
 	ShallowSince string
 	// --shallow-since <date>
 	ShallowExclude string
+	// --shallow-submodules
+	ShallowSubmodules bool
 }
 
 // CloneWithoutFilters clones a git repo but without the smudge filter enabled
@@ -912,6 +914,9 @@ func CloneWithoutFilters(flags CloneFlags, args []string) error {
 	if len(flags.ShallowExclude) > 0 {
 		cmdargs = append(cmdargs, "--shallow-exclude", flags.ShallowExclude)
 	}
+	if flags.ShallowSubmodules {
+		cmdargs = append(cmdargs, "--shallow-submodules")
+	}
 
 	// Now args
 	cmdargs = append(cmdargs, args...)