diff --git a/kernel/tools/perf/pspec.xml b/kernel/tools/perf/pspec.xml
index 43648e1a23..c87eda874a 100644
--- a/kernel/tools/perf/pspec.xml
+++ b/kernel/tools/perf/pspec.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         <Description>perf is a new tool which is used to optimize, validate and measure applications, workloads or the full system through the Linux performance counter subsystem.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="01961045127c21f8a9dbaa9e7705dbb9e4cffbaa" type="targz">https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.15.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+		<Dependency>git</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libunwind-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>audit-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xz-devel</Dependency>