diff --git a/deps.zig b/deps.zig
index 7d435661e5b8da9b348ef8c3800e72a53e63f4be..6bdb91084c3a249024dfb06283a0c0b5028b1cbd 100644
--- a/deps.zig
+++ b/deps.zig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub const GitExactStep = struct {
             var checkoutstep = std.build.RunStep.create(b, "checkout");
             checkoutstep.addArgs(&.{ "git", "-C", repopath, "checkout", "-q", commit });
             result.step.dependOn(&checkoutstep.step);
+            checkoutstep.step.dependOn(&clonestep.step);
 
             return result;
         }
diff --git a/src/cmd/generate.zig b/src/cmd/generate.zig
index c2618ec6bd89c8cdcd12440d12df4888fd5a8b5b..b43ac040ba84a64df10f1b54a881f2b726c5c9da 100644
--- a/src/cmd/generate.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/generate.zig
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn create_depszig(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, cachepath: string, dir: std.fs.D
         \\            var checkoutstep = std.build.RunStep.create(b, "checkout");
         \\            checkoutstep.addArgs(&.{ "git", "-C", repopath, "checkout", "-q", commit });
         \\            result.step.dependOn(&checkoutstep.step);
+        \\            checkoutstep.step.dependOn(&clonestep.step);
         //            TODO rm the .git folder
         //            TODO mark folder as read-only
         \\