diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/flatpak/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/flatpak/pspec.xml
index de78653d58..9e856560b8 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/flatpak/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/flatpak/pspec.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="10e9b18a6741c7963edc68f45b29f05d4e3a1486" type="tarxz">https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/download/1.16.1/flatpak-1.16.1.tar.xz</Archive>
 <!--         <Archive sha1sum="1bbd5ad66ebdf9da1536e42b45f3546735e525a2" type="binary" target="flatpak-1.15.8/tests">https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo</Archive> -->
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>git</Dependency>
             <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xmlto</Dependency>
             <Dependency>socat</Dependency>