diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index fff8768f0f..2418a9b657 100755
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@ if ! output=$(
 
   exit 1
 fi
+
+if [ ! -f submodules/stack-graphs/stack-graphs/Cargo.toml ]; then
+  # We declare stack-graphs as our dependency in root's Cargo.toml so we need to
+  # check it out in order to run `cargo build`
+  git submodule update
+fi