diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 641244c8..76edb5f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ include(VersionFeather)
 #### Dependencies
 # Monero
 if (NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/monero/CMakeLists.txt")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "'monero/CMakeLists.txt' does not exist, did you forget to:\ngit submodule update --init --recursive")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "'monero/CMakeLists.txt' does not exist, did you forget to:\ngit submodule update --init --recursive --progress")
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(monero EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 set_property(TARGET wallet_merged PROPERTY FOLDER "monero")
diff --git a/contrib/guix/guix-build b/contrib/guix/guix-build
index d9ab5cf4..c96cf22e 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/guix-build
+++ b/contrib/guix/guix-build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fi
 # Checkout git submodules if we haven't already
 ################
 
-git submodule update --init --recursive
+git submodule update --init --recursive --progress
 
 ################
 # The git worktree should not be dirty