diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 37541f3d10..e9112b3a64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -414,6 +414,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: prepare libc6 for actions
       if: matrix.vector.jobname == 'linux32'
       run: apt -q update && apt -q -y install libc6-amd64 lib64stdc++6
+    - name: install git in container
+      run: |
+        if command -v git
+        then
+          : # nothing to do
+        elif command -v apk
+        then
+          apk add --update git
+        elif command -v dnf
+        then
+          dnf -yq update && dnf -yq install git
+        else
+          apt-get -q update && apt-get -q -y install git
+        fi
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: useradd builder --create-home