diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index a7d1f84d99..c08931a6ba 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ machine:
 checkout:
   post:
     # workaround for known git bug where attempting to fetch a missing commit fails early on the first try
+    - git config --global url."git://".insteadOf https://
     - git submodule update --init --recursive || true
     - git submodule sync --recursive
     - git submodule deinit -f . && rm -rf .git/modules