diff --git a/recipes/android/retroarch-android.ra b/recipes/android/retroarch-android.ra
index 8753e043..8c0a330e 100644
--- a/recipes/android/retroarch-android.ra
+++ b/recipes/android/retroarch-android.ra
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-retroarch retroarch https://github.com/libretro/Retroarch.git PROJECT YES . 
+retroarch retroarch https://github.com/libretro/Retroarch.git SUBMODULE YES . 
 overlays overlays https://github.com/libretro/common-overlays.git ASSETS YES retroarch/media 
 shaders shaders_cg https://github.com/libretro/common-shaders.git ASSETS YES retroarch/media 
 autoconfig autoconfig https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig.git ASSETS YES retroarch/media