diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 206054aabea..6b5d5d27be8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ RUN if [ $BUILDARCH != $TARGETARCH ]; \
     else apt-get install -y curl git llvm gcc pkg-config zlib1g-dev libelf-dev libcap-dev; fi
 # v7.1.0
 ENV BPFTOOL_REV "b01941c8f7890489f09713348a7d89567538504b"
-RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/libbpf/bpftool.git . && git checkout ${BPFTOOL_REV}
+RUN git clone https://github.com/libbpf/bpftool.git . && git checkout ${BPFTOOL_REV} && git submodule update --init --recursive
 RUN if [ $BUILDARCH != $TARGETARCH ]; \
     then make -C src EXTRA_CFLAGS=--static CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc -j $(nproc) && aarch64-linux-gnu-strip src/bpftool; \
     else make -C src EXTRA_CFLAGS=--static -j $(nproc) && strip src/bpftool; fi