diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aml/package.py
index a29e587a45..e647f26938 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aml/package.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ class Aml(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/argo/aml"
     url = "https://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/argo/downloads/aml-0.1.0.tar.gz"
     git = "https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/argo/aml.git"
+
     version('0.1.0', sha256='cc89a8768693f1f11539378b21cdca9f0ce3fc5cb564f9b3e4154a051dcea69b')
-    version('develop', branch='staging')
-    version('master', branch='master')
+    version('develop', branch='staging', submodules=True)
+    version('master', branch='master', submodules=True)
 
     depends_on('numactl')