diff --git a/recipes/dev/crates-io-index/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/crates-io-index/recipe.toml
index 0f9dc13f..0d0b92f1 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/crates-io-index/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/crates-io-index/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index.git"
+shallow_clone = true
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"