diff --git a/net-irc/atheme-services/atheme-services-7.2.10_p2.ebuild b/net-irc/atheme-services/atheme-services-7.2.10_p2.ebuild
index 90d919e5357..06570260143 100644
--- a/net-irc/atheme-services/atheme-services-7.2.10_p2.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/atheme-services/atheme-services-7.2.10_p2.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/libmowgli-2.1.0:2
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre )
 	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	virtual/pkgconfig"
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	dev-vcs/git"
 
 PATCHES=("${FILESDIR}"/${P}-configure-logdir.patch)