diff --git a/src/cmd/clone.rs b/src/cmd/clone.rs
index 43079e5..69f8d5e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/clone.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/clone.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ pub struct Cmd {
     parallel: bool,
 
     /// Clones their submodules recursively.
-    #[clap(short, long)]
-    recursive: bool,
+    #[clap(short, long, alias = "recurse-submodules")]
+    recursive: Option<Option<String>>,
 
     /// Clones only the default branch.
     #[clap(long)]
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl Cmd {
             url.clone(),
             &path,
             &CloneOptions {
-                recursive: self.recursive,
+                recursive: self.recursive.clone(),
                 single_branch: self.single_branch,
             },
         ) {
diff --git a/src/git/mod.rs b/src/git/mod.rs
index 95b916b..d6738c3 100644
--- a/src/git/mod.rs
+++ b/src/git/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct CloneOptions {
-    pub recursive: bool,
+    pub recursive: Option<Option<String>>,
     pub single_branch: bool,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/git/strategy/cli.rs b/src/git/strategy/cli.rs
index dbd8b79..7c92f4b 100644
--- a/src/git/strategy/cli.rs
+++ b/src/git/strategy/cli.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@ impl CloneRepository for Cli {
     {
         debug!("Cloning the repository using CLI strategy");
 
-        let url = url.to_string();
-        let mut args = vec!["clone", &url, path.as_ref().to_str().unwrap()];
-        if options.recursive {
-            args.push("--recursive");
+        let mut args = vec![
+            "clone".to_string(),
+            url.to_string(),
+            path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+        ];
+
+        if let Some(recursive) = options.recursive.as_ref() {
+            args.push(match recursive.as_deref() {
+                Some(path) => format!("--recurse-submodules={path}"),
+                _ => "--recurse-submodules".to_string(),
+            });
         }
         if options.single_branch {
-            args.push("--single-branch")
+            args.push("--single-branch".to_string());
         }
 
         let output = Command::new("git").args(args).output()?;