diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 38d09c0a1..60af61af8 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ sudo apt install meson ninja-build
 sudo apt install gcc g++ pkg-config libopenblas-dev libiniparser-dev libjsoncpp-dev libcurl3-dev tensorflow2-lite-dev nnstreamer-dev libglib2.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgtest-dev ml-api-common-dev flatbuffers-compiler ml-inference-api-dev
 ```
 
+Install submodules.
+```bash
+git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+```
+
 Build at the git repo root directory, this will install nntrainer and related files.
 
 ```bash