diff --git a/bin/ensure_minecraft_data.js b/bin/ensure_minecraft_data.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9301cdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ensure_minecraft_data.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
+
+const dataPaths = 'minecraft-data/data/dataPaths.json'
+const dataRepo = 'https://github.com/mneuhaus/minecraft-data.git'
+const dataBranch = 'pc_26_1_2'
+
+if (fs.existsSync(dataPaths)) process.exit(0)
+
+if (fs.existsSync('.git')) {
+  const result = spawnSync('git', ['submodule', 'update', '--init', '--recursive'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
+  if (result.status === 0 && fs.existsSync(dataPaths)) process.exit(0)
+}
+
+fs.rmSync('minecraft-data', { recursive: true, force: true })
+
+const clone = spawnSync('git', ['clone', '--depth', '1', '--filter=blob:none', '--sparse', '--branch', dataBranch, dataRepo, 'minecraft-data'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
+if (clone.status !== 0) process.exit(clone.status || 1)
+
+const sparse = spawnSync('git', ['-C', 'minecraft-data', 'sparse-checkout', 'set', 'data', 'schemas'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
+if (sparse.status !== 0) process.exit(sparse.status || 1)
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(dataPaths)) {
+  console.error(`Could not load ${dataPaths}`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
diff --git a/minecraft-data b/minecraft-data
index 2dd48a4a..bc0c5957 160000
--- a/minecraft-data
+++ b/minecraft-data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2dd48a4adf77cd32b1d5a26dc92373be94768d06
+Subproject commit bc0c5957ff925778660f253f9d1ea51c06d14087
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58de958a..045fc719 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "test:types": "tsc typings/test-typings && node typings/test-typings.js",
     "test": "npm run generate:types && npm run generate:data && npm run lint && npm run test:types && mocha",
     "lint": "standard",
-    "prepare": "npm run generate:data && npm run generate:types",
+    "prepare": "node ./bin/ensure_minecraft_data.js && npm run generate:data && npm run generate:types",
     "fix": "standard --fix"
   },
   "standard": {