diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index b06667912b..48e0978bc7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 else
 	case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
 	x86_64-musl)
+		hostmakedepends+=" libgit2-0.27"
 		distfiles+="
 		 https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/distfiles/cargo-${_cargo_dist_version}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz"
 		checksum+="