diff --git a/deps/cxxopts.props b/deps/cxxopts.props
index 25cc72b19..bdd65e553 100644
--- a/deps/cxxopts.props
+++ b/deps/cxxopts.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+	<Import Project="restore_git_submodules.props" Condition="'$(RestoreGitSubmodulesImported)' == ''" />
 	<ItemDefinitionGroup>
 		<ClCompile>
 			<AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)cxxopts\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
diff --git a/deps/restore_git_submodules.props b/deps/restore_git_submodules.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb1ff60ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/restore_git_submodules.props
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RestoreGitSubmodulesImported>true</RestoreGitSubmodulesImported>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="RestoreGitSubmodules" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+      <Exec IgnoreExitCode="true"
+            EchoOff="true"
+            StandardOutputImportance="low"
+            StandardErrorImportance="low"
+            Command="git submodule update --init" />
+  </Target>	
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/spdlog.props b/deps/spdlog.props
index 2689f2423..921cf9509 100644
--- a/deps/spdlog.props
+++ b/deps/spdlog.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+	<Import Project="restore_git_submodules.props" Condition="'$(RestoreGitSubmodulesImported)' == ''" />
 	<ItemDefinitionGroup>
 		<ClCompile>
 			<AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)spdlog\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>