diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4011a6fa6b95b..124261bb6cd0f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/nomicon.git
 [submodule "src/tools/cargo"]
 	path = src/tools/cargo
-	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo.git
+	url = https://github.com/willcrichton/cargo.git
+	branch = master
 [submodule "src/doc/reference"]
 	path = src/doc/reference
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/reference.git
diff --git a/src/tools/cargo b/src/tools/cargo
index 70898e522116f..4a8d17e236024 160000
--- a/src/tools/cargo
+++ b/src/tools/cargo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 70898e522116f6c23971e2a554b2dc85fd4c84cd
+Subproject commit 4a8d17e2360248e4de9bb0a00f1c61ae183514ae