diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a77d67a96..6cd547974 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@ dist
 *~
 *.diff
 *.patch
-test/qunit
-src/sizzle
 /*.html
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80ce23688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "src/sizzle"]
+	path = src/sizzle
+	url = git://github.com/jeresig/sizzle.git
+[submodule "test/qunit"]
+	path = test/qunit
+	url = git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a6aae4253..e0d1da716 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-V ?= 0
-
 SRC_DIR = src
 TEST_DIR = test
 BUILD_DIR = build
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ JQ = ${DIST_DIR}/jquery.js
 JQ_MIN = ${DIST_DIR}/jquery.min.js
 
 SIZZLE_DIR = ${SRC_DIR}/sizzle
-QUNIT_DIR = ${TEST_DIR}/qunit
 
 JQ_VER = $(shell cat version.txt)
 VER = sed "s/@VERSION/${JQ_VER}/"
@@ -51,32 +48,8 @@ all: jquery min lint
 ${DIST_DIR}:
 	@@mkdir -p ${DIST_DIR}
 
-ifeq ($(strip $(V)),0)
-verbose = --quiet
-else ifeq ($(strip $(V)),1)
-verbose =
-else
-verbose = --verbose
-endif
-
-define clone_or_pull
--@@if test ! -d $(strip ${1})/.git; then \
-		echo "Cloning $(strip ${1})..."; \
-		git clone $(strip ${verbose}) --depth=1 $(strip ${2}) $(strip ${1}); \
-	else \
-		echo "Pulling $(strip ${1})..."; \
-		git --git-dir=$(strip ${1})/.git pull $(strip ${verbose}) origin master; \
-	fi
-
-endef
-
-${QUNIT_DIR}:
-	$(call clone_or_pull, ${QUNIT_DIR}, git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git)
-
-${SIZZLE_DIR}:
-	$(call clone_or_pull, ${SIZZLE_DIR}, git://github.com/jeresig/sizzle.git)
-
-init: ${QUNIT_DIR} ${SIZZLE_DIR}
+init:
+	@@if [ -d .git ]; then git submodule update --init --recursive; fi
 
 jquery: init ${JQ}
 jq: init ${JQ}
@@ -122,7 +95,8 @@ clean:
 	@@echo "Removing built copy of Sizzle"
 	@@rm -f src/selector.js
 
-	@@echo "Removing cloned directories"
+distclean: clean
+	@@echo "Removing submodules"
 	@@rm -rf test/qunit src/sizzle
 
 .PHONY: all jquery lint min init jq clean
diff --git a/src/sizzle b/src/sizzle
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ef19279f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sizzle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ef19279f54ba49242c6461d47577c703f4f4e80e
diff --git a/test/qunit b/test/qunit
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..d404faf8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/qunit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d404faf8f587fcbe6b8907943022e6318dd51e0c