diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ada4d0a..5866e262 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SRC = $(wildcard *.md)
 
 PDFS=$(SRC:.md=.pdf)
 HTML=$(SRC:.md=.html)
+LATEX_TEMPLATE=./pandoc-templates/default.latex
 
 all:    clean $(PDFS) $(HTML)
 
@@ -11,9 +12,11 @@ html:  clean $(HTML)
 %.html: %.md
 	python resume.py html $(GRAVATAR_OPTION) < $< | pandoc -t html -c resume.css -o $@
 
-%.pdf:  %.md
-	python resume.py tex < $< | pandoc --template=./pandoc-templates/default.latex -H header.tex -o $@
+%.pdf:  %.md $(LATEX_TEMPLATE)
+	python resume.py tex < $< | pandoc --template=$(LATEX_TEMPLATE) -H header.tex -o $@
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.html *.pdf
 
+$(LATEX_TEMPLATE):
+	git submodule update --init