diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index ee74dd47b57d6be09aadb5e3fe101a3483a4d700..b9d58ed522c7a1cf6b9446deca5a1b2a504e4c0b 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 "-n",
                 "base",
                 "python",
+                "git",
                 "conda=%s" % conda_version,
                 "conda-build=%s" % conda_build_version,
                 # "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 "-n",
                 "base",
                 "python",
+                "git",
                 "conda=%s" % conda_version,
                 "conda-build=%s" % conda_build_version,
                 # "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,