diff --git a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta1.ebuild b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta1.ebuild
index 7d80096a08..5b91c018c8 100644
--- a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta1.ebuild
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/pango
 "
 
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-vcs/git
+"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
diff --git a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta2.ebuild b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta2.ebuild
index 41dc0f39c1..62581dbc6e 100644
--- a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta2.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-5.0.0_beta2.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/pango
 "
 
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-vcs/git
+"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
diff --git a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-9999.ebuild
index 7fe8f6aef5..22f7289fc4 100644
--- a/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/noctalia/noctalia-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/pango
 "
 
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-vcs/git
+"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland