diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/git.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/git.cfg
index 04f3f900fd6da197a60bc4d1eed3b5cd12a6a913..e591c8711054742892883ec1b4992abe05235816 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/git.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/git.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extends =
   curl.cfg
   libexpat.cfg
   openssl.cfg
+  perl.cfg
   zlib.cfg
 parts =
   git
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ configure-options =
   --with-openssl=${openssl:location}
   --with-zlib=${zlib:location}
   --with-expat=${libexpat:location}
+  --with-perl=${perl:location}/bin/perl
   --without-python
   --without-tcltk