diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1513bd3142..a2910db9ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ jobs:
             pkg update
             # Requested in ci/build-freebsd.sh
             pkg install -y \
+                git \
                 cmake \
                 evdev-proto \
                 ffmpeg \