diff --git a/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml b/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
index 2de8bd01aa..ad49c44ee0 100644
--- a/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
+++ b/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
             <Dependency>ngspice-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>opencascade-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>desktop-file-utils</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libgit2-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
 <!--             <Patch>boost-1.61.patch</Patch> -->