diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
index 03a7b738a1..2bc43aef49 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 
 def setup():
-    cmaketools.configure()
+    cmaketools.configure("-DTHREADSAFE=ON \
+                          -DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system")
 
 def build():
     cmaketools.make()
diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
index 6499d14b64..e85df38a8f 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
             <Dependency>zlib</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libpcre</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>libssh2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libssh2</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>http-parser</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>