diff --git a/build_git.sh b/build_git.sh
index 112eec5..908468f 100644
--- a/build_git.sh
+++ b/build_git.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ echo "This may take some time, please sit back and take a coffee."
 echo ""
 
 mkdir -p output
-git clone git://github.com/git/git
+git clone --depth 1 --shallow-submodules git://github.com/git/git
 cd git
 
 export NO_OPENSSL=1
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ make configure
 ./configure prefix=/root/output
 make
 make install
-make clean
\ No newline at end of file
+make clean