diff --git a/alarm/qtjsbackend-git/PKGBUILD b/alarm/qtjsbackend-git/PKGBUILD
index c40d1c28f..e77815756 100644
--- a/alarm/qtjsbackend-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/qtjsbackend-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license=('GPL3' 'LGPL')
 
 depends=('qtbase-git')
 optdepends=()
-makedepends=()
+makedepends=('git')
 provides=('qtjsbackend')
 replaces=()
 conflicts=()