diff --git a/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template b/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template
index 5fc39135..ed2657e8 100644
--- a/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license=("APACHE")
 provides=("flux-bin")
 conflicts=("flux-bin")
 depends=("glibc")
-makedepends=('go>=1.17', 'kustomize>=3.0')
+makedepends=('go>=1.17', 'kustomize>=3.0', 'git')
 optdepends=('bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
 'zsh-completions: auto-completion for flux in ZSH')
 source=(