diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/rav1e/librav1e_p20250902.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/rav1e/librav1e_p20250902.bb
index 4c03c9417d..740918bd18 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/rav1e/librav1e_p20250902.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/rav1e/librav1e_p20250902.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ inherit cargo_c pkgconfig cargo-update-recipe-crates
 
 require ${PN}-crates.inc
 
+DEPENDS = "libgit2"
 DEPENDS:append:x86 = " nasm-native"
 DEPENDS:append:x86-64 = " nasm-native"