diff --git a/requirements.debian.txt b/requirements.debian.txt
index 62070b83..ff4b360f 100644
--- a/requirements.debian.txt
+++ b/requirements.debian.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ virtualenvwrapper
 libzmq-dev
 libevent-dev
 nginx
+git
 postgresql
 postgresql-client-9.4
 postgresql-server-dev-9.4