diff --git a/scripts/pgit.sh b/scripts/pgit.sh
index 14c5cb51..855519a2 100644
--- a/scripts/pgit.sh
+++ b/scripts/pgit.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+###!/bin/sh
 
 log()
 {
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ clone()
 		if [ "$fromuser" = "$login" ]; then
 			if [ -d $p ]; then
 				run_git -C $p pull --recurse-submodules=on-demand
+				run_git -C $p submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --tags -f'
 			else
 				run_clone $remote_base/$fromuser$remote_subpath/$p $p
 			fi
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ clone()
 					run_git -C $p remote set-url --push $remotename no_push
 				}
 				run_git -C $p fetch --prune --recurse-submodules=on-demand $remotename $fromref
+				run_git -C $p submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --tags -f'
 				if [ "$toref" ]; then
 					run_git -C $p merge --ff-only $remotename/$fromref $toref
 				fi