diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index b1cb63b2dfa..0329be6c510 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk
  ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
 make_install_args="NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1"
-hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl python"
+hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl python tk"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel tk-devel"
 # Required by https://
 depends="ca-certificates"