diff --git a/install_helpers/install_ndncxx.py b/install_helpers/install_ndncxx.py
index 94850be..54fac0d 100644
--- a/install_helpers/install_ndncxx.py
+++ b/install_helpers/install_ndncxx.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 def run():
     print "\nINSTALLING ndn-cxx"
     print "**********************"
-    os.system("git clone https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx --depth 1")
+    os.system("git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx")
     os.chdir("ndn-cxx")
     os.system("./waf distclean")
     os.system("./waf configure")