diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 616737f..9240eac 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 4.2.1
-Build-Depends: libssl-dev (>>1.0.0), debhelper (>= 11), texinfo, zlib1g-dev, liblzo2-dev, libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, libvdeplug-dev, libminiupnpc-dev
+Build-Depends: libssl-dev (>>1.0.0), debhelper (>= 11), texinfo, zlib1g-dev, liblzo2-dev, libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, libvdeplug-dev, libminiupnpc-dev, git
 Homepage: https://www.tinc-vpn.org/
 
 Package: tinc