diff --git a/core/linux-am33x/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-am33x/PKGBUILD
index d2ba383be..b491348c2 100644
--- a/core/linux-am33x/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-am33x/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('armv7h')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
-makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'uboot-mkimage')
+makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'uboot-mkimage' 'git')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("config")
 md5sums=('b55f4e129e6db1c1fb57b82e5ca02649')