diff --git a/multimedia/video/x265/pspec.xml b/multimedia/video/x265/pspec.xml
index 50922d01f8..83928ebf0e 100644
--- a/multimedia/video/x265/pspec.xml
+++ b/multimedia/video/x265/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>x265 is a commercially funded open source implementation of the H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="95de93f1572396a07e558279af94e5fa93273a47" type="targz">https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/get/3.5.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>git</Dependency>
             <Dependency>yasm-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>