diff --git a/package/git/Config.in b/package/git/Config.in
index 31e5ffe5d9..dc342aa7bb 100644
--- a/package/git/Config.in
+++ b/package/git/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GIT
 	bool "git"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
 	  designed to handle everything from small to very large projects.
diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 408456bc9d..6bc9761493 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ GIT_VERSION         = 1.8.3
 GIT_SITE            = http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/
 GIT_LICENSE         = GPLv2 LGPLv2.1+
 GIT_LICENSE_FILES   = COPYING LGPL-2.1
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
-	GIT_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
-endif
+GIT_DEPENDENCIES    = zlib host-gettext
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 	GIT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl