diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit-elogind/template b/srcpkgs/polkit-elogind/template
index f5c3f20bb61..7bc532b2109 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit-elogind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit-elogind/template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ provides="${_pkgname}-${version}_${revision}"
 replaces="polkit>=0"
 
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config intltool libxslt
- docbook-xsl glib-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection"
+ docbook-xsl glib-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection git"
 makedepends="libglib-devel expat-devel pam-devel mozjs17-devel elogind-devel"
 system_accounts="polkitd"
 make_dirs="