diff --git a/popart/PKGBUILD b/popart/PKGBUILD
index b2eb87b235..ae1b62fcf3 100644
--- a/popart/PKGBUILD
+++ b/popart/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ arch=('x86_64')
 url="http://popart.otago.ac.nz/index.shtml"
 license=('custom')
 depends=('marble' 'lpsolve' 'qt5-base')
+makedepends=('git')
 source=("git+https://github.com/jessicawleigh/popart-current.git" "popart.desktop")
 md5sums=('SKIP'
          '44802b43fa5dba142dbb20cc32e15f45')