diff --git a/buildout/helpers/opensuse.sh b/buildout/helpers/opensuse.sh
index 40bfbb91275ac9831030e796338cad7f62c76833..1907058cbf8bf866a0dee1583c71be59d5619723 100755
--- a/buildout/helpers/opensuse.sh
+++ b/buildout/helpers/opensuse.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ gcc
 gcc-c++
 gdbm-devel
 giflib-devel
+git
 glib2-devel
 groff
 libSDL-devel