diff --git a/net-misc/bee-node/bee-node-1.0.0_alpha4.ebuild b/net-misc/bee-node/bee-node-1.0.0_alpha4.ebuild
index 02437a9156..1002871789 100644
--- a/net-misc/bee-node/bee-node-1.0.0_alpha4.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/bee-node/bee-node-1.0.0_alpha4.ebuild
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 	dashboard? ( net-libs/nodejs )
 "
+BDEPEND="dev-vcs/git"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-download.patch" )