diff --git a/clone-submodules-no-privlibs.sh b/clone-submodules-no-privlibs.sh
index ae08a9ce..48d34bc2 100755
--- a/clone-submodules-no-privlibs.sh
+++ b/clone-submodules-no-privlibs.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+root="$(pwd)"
+ln -s "$root/hooks" "$root/.git/hooks"
+
 git submodule update --init fsfw thirdparty/rapidcsv thirdparty/lwgps thirdparty/json
diff --git a/hooks/post-checkout b/hooks/post-checkout
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bfddad44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/post-checkout
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# update submodules after checkout
+
+git submodule init
+git submodule update