diff --git a/embedded8266/Makefile b/embedded8266/Makefile
index 042386c..5e9de5c 100644
--- a/embedded8266/Makefile
+++ b/embedded8266/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ LDFLAGS_CORE += -Wl,-Map,output.map
 
 
 #Useful git commands
-
-init_submodule :
-	git submodule update --init --recursive
-
+ifndef TARGET
+# Fetch submodule if the user forgot to clone with `--recursive`
+GETSUBMODS = all burn burnweb netweb netburn clean cleanall purge
+.PHONY : $(GETSUBMODS)
+$(GETSUBMODS) :
+    $(warning Submodule esp82xx was not fetched. Trying it now.)
+    git submodule update --init --recursive
+    $(info Re-unning make...)
+    make $@ $(MFLAGS) $(MAKEOVERRIDES)
+endif
diff --git a/embedded8266/esp82xx b/embedded8266/esp82xx
index 4cb95b1..8d5d658 160000
--- a/embedded8266/esp82xx
+++ b/embedded8266/esp82xx
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4cb95b1f3927128d2e977d3c1b33fea81203804d
+Subproject commit 8d5d6580244df6ce0462be6ce91f109d672b2e36