diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml
index 9ed2895ec4..3c6a95cdb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: x86_64
-      setup-miniconda:
+      submodules:
         description: Works as stated in actions/checkout, but the default value is recursive
         required: false
+        type: string
+        default: recursive
+      setup-miniconda:
+        description: Set to true if setup-miniconda is needed
+        required: false
         type: boolean
         default: true
 
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          submodules: ${{ inputs.submodules }}
           setup-miniconda: ${{ inputs.setup-miniconda }}
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cuda-version: ${{ env.CU_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_macos.yml
index 59e8cf7278..d9ee0daf91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_macos.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ on:
         description: "The key created when saving a cache and the key used to search for a cache."
         default: ""
         type: string
+      submodules:
+        description: "Works as stated in actions/checkout, but the default value is recursive"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: recursive
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          submodules: ${{ inputs.submodules }}
           setup-miniconda: false
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cuda-version: ${{ env.CU_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_windows.yml
index c6b3d65c5a..2c062a6e70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels_windows.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ on:
         description: "The key created when saving a cache and the key used to search for a cache."
         default: ""
         type: string
+      submodules:
+        description: "Works as stated in actions/checkout, but the default value is recursive"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: recursive
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          submodules: ${{ inputs.submodules }}
           setup-miniconda: false
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cuda-version: ${{ env.CU_VERSION }}