diff --git a/freetds.spec b/freetds.spec
index 07bf549..b8aba4f 100644
--- a/freetds.spec
+++ b/freetds.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ URL:           http://www.freetds.org/
 Source0:       ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/freetds-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:       freetds-tds_sysdep_public.h
 
-BuildRequires: unixODBC-devel readline-devel gnutls-devel krb5-devel
+BuildRequires: unixODBC-devel readline-devel gnutls-devel krb5-devel git
 BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel libtool doxygen docbook-style-dsssl gperf
 
 Provides:  %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}