diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-git/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-git/template
index 5ce4d08f5d8..1024c77a9dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-git/template
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ noarch=yes
 nofetch=yes
 noextract=yes
 
+makedepends="git"
+
 do_fetch() {
 	local url="git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps-src"
 	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"