diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d37bfcbba2..81b771533e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -765,8 +765,10 @@ jobs:
             if [[ -n "$CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST" ]]; then
               PR_NUMBER=$(echo $CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST | sed 's|.*/pull/\([0-9]*\)|\1|')
               PR_BRANCH=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/pulls/$PR_NUMBER | jq -r .head.ref)
+              git clone https://github.com/meteor/meteor.git
               git fetch origin pull/$PR_NUMBER/head:$PR_BRANCH
             else
+              git clone https://github.com/meteor/meteor.git
               git fetch origin pull/$CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER/head:pr-$CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER
             fi
       # Run almost the same steps the meteor/docs repository runs, minus deploy.