diff --git a/package/luvi/luvi.hash b/package/luvi/luvi.hash
index 7f7abdbf49..ce3785eb8d 100644
--- a/package/luvi/luvi.hash
+++ b/package/luvi/luvi.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 65d3ded5007d5bb58fc3b76013913596fd42ed7326310d67c668ddf9a017a179  luvi-v2.7.6.tar.gz
+sha256 6d2297751b4d4023c1fa8b723b6f04e09584c67694958edbfa0d284f384759d5  luvi-v2.7.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/luvi/luvi.mk b/package/luvi/luvi.mk
index 7dd5e5a323..fc89d4d654 100644
--- a/package/luvi/luvi.mk
+++ b/package/luvi/luvi.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LUVI_VERSION = v2.7.6
-LUVI_SITE = $(call github,luvit,luvi,$(LUVI_VERSION))
+LUVI_SITE = git://github.com/luvit/luvi.git
+LUVI_GIT_SUBMODULES = YES
 LUVI_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 LUVI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 LUVI_DEPENDENCIES = libuv luajit luv host-luajit