diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-installer/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-installer/PKGBUILD
index f4a4d7e896..1ffc1eb7ef 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-installer/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-installer/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _realname=installer
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-${_realname}")
 pkgver=0.4.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="A low-level library for installing from a Python wheel distribution (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ makedepends=(
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-flit"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
   "unzip"
+  "git"
 )
 _commit="32836e96e14d85db1f864ab5ff46ceb84b4a7673"
 _launcher_commit="8c455825fc1308d34a1a47238a9eb6d56f732142"