diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 83eba4fed..23e96f8b7 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ parts:
       - libaugeas0
       - python3-venv
     # To build cryptography and cffi if needed
-    build-packages: [libffi-dev, libssl-dev]
+    build-packages: [libffi-dev, libssl-dev, git]
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
         snapcraftctl set-version `cd $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/certbot && git describe|sed s/^v//`