diff --git a/docs/BUILDING.md b/docs/BUILDING.md
index ac117d6f..7db9b7bd 100644
--- a/docs/BUILDING.md
+++ b/docs/BUILDING.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ export PATH="$PATH:${HOME}/depot_tools" or $ export PATH="$PATH:/home/alex/dep
 Clone the Thorium repo into *$HOME*
 
 ```shell
-$ git clone https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium.git
+$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium.git
 ```
 
 ### Chromium Code
diff --git a/docs/BUILDING_MAC.md b/docs/BUILDING_MAC.md
index d5f1bec3..98cc6434 100644
--- a/docs/BUILDING_MAC.md
+++ b/docs/BUILDING_MAC.md
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Are you a Google employee? See
     version of the macOS SDK on it.
 *   An APFS-formatted volume (this is the default format for macOS volumes).
 
+##  Downloading the Thorium code
+Using Git:
+
+```shell
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium.git
+```
+
 ## Install `depot_tools`
 
 Clone the `depot_tools` repository:
diff --git a/docs/BUILDING_WIN.md b/docs/BUILDING_WIN.md
index 31fafd93..ecfa21ae 100644
--- a/docs/BUILDING_WIN.md
+++ b/docs/BUILDING_WIN.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ You can either use git clone, or download a .zip from the repo. It should be pla
 Using Git:
 
 ```shell
-git clone https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium.git
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium.git
 ```
 Or download the .zip (Make sure to rename the extracted dir to just thorium, not thorium-main).
 [https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/archive/refs/heads/main.zip](https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/archive/refs/heads/main.zip)
diff --git a/docs/WIN_CROSS_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.txt b/docs/WIN_CROSS_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
index b20b6ddd..52c2bf49 100644
--- a/docs/WIN_CROSS_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
+++ b/docs/WIN_CROSS_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ And place it in ~/chromium/win
 
 Now, lets download the Thorium tree, so run (in $HOME)
 
-git clone https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git OR
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git OR
 
 Download the latest .zip > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
 
diff --git a/docs/WIN_INSTRUCTIONS.txt b/docs/WIN_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
index 24641be7..641428b7 100644
--- a/docs/WIN_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
+++ b/docs/WIN_INSTRUCTIONS.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Good, now we have a full Chromium checkout ready to be built, but to turn it int
 ## Thorium Setup
 So, lets download Thorium in C:\src
 
-git clone https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git or download the .zip and unpack it there > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git or download the .zip and unpack it there > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
 
 Now, go back to C:\chromium\src
 
diff --git a/infra/install_deps.sh b/infra/install_deps.sh
index 9e7f1cbe..58216de9 100755
--- a/infra/install_deps.sh
+++ b/infra/install_deps.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cd &&
 # Clone repos
 git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git &&
 printf "\n" &&
-git clone https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git &&
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium.git &&
 
 # Make Chromium dirs
 printf "\n" &&