diff --git a/srcpkgs/wine/template b/srcpkgs/wine/template
index fd40b66821a..72b5035d1b4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wine/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wine/template
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fi
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config flex gettext
  $(vopt_if mingw "cross-${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE%-musl}-w64-mingw32")
- $(vopt_if staging 'autoconf')"
+ $(vopt_if staging 'autoconf git')"
 makedepends="gettext-devel ncurses-devel glu-devel libSM-devel
  libXext-devel libX11-devel libXpm-devel libXinerama-devel
  libXcomposite-devel libXmu-devel libXxf86vm-devel