diff --git a/rubygem-coveralls.spec b/rubygem-coveralls.spec
index 0c6eb8d..4b8f55b 100644
--- a/rubygem-coveralls.spec
+++ b/rubygem-coveralls.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Requires:      rubygem(simplecov)
 Requires:      rubygem(term-ansicolor)
 Requires:      rubygem(thor)
 %endif
+BuildRequires: git
 BuildRequires: ruby(release)
 BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
 BuildRequires: rubygem(multi_json)