diff --git a/config/software/git.rb b/config/software/git.rb
index a9eba059cc3e4a19a4ee7074d593d760fc918160_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdC5yYg==..120cd0942cb75175439bfc3b096bfe24b6ab603c_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdC5yYg== 100644
--- a/config/software/git.rb
+++ b/config/software/git.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "GIT_APPEND_BUILD_OPTIONS += ZLIB_PATH=#{install_dir}/embedded",
     "GIT_APPEND_BUILD_OPTIONS += NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease",
     "GIT_APPEND_BUILD_OPTIONS += NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER=YesPlease",
+    "GIT_APPEND_BUILD_OPTIONS += INSTALL_SYMLINKS=YesPlease",
     "GIT_APPEND_BUILD_OPTIONS += CFLAGS=\"#{git_cflags}\""
   ]