diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9acd11e60..e14cc91f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ ikiwiki (3.20100406) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     them last name first.
   * sortnaturally: New plugin; the title_natural sort method has moved here.
 
+  [ Joey Hess ]
+  * Update dependency for git-core to git transition.
+
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:17:11 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (3.20100403) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d7ce9a178..b8fe81914 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
   libhtml-parser-perl, liburi-perl
 Recommends: gcc | c-compiler, 
   libc6-dev | libc-dev,
-  subversion | git-core (>= 1:1.5.0) | tla | bzr (>= 0.91) | mercurial | monotone (>= 0.38) | darcs,
+  subversion | git-core (>= 1:1.5.0) | git (>= 1:1.7) | tla | bzr (>= 0.91) | mercurial | monotone (>= 0.38) | darcs,
   libxml-simple-perl, libnet-openid-consumer-perl,
   liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl, libtimedate-perl,
   libcgi-formbuilder-perl (>= 3.05), libcgi-session-perl (>= 4.14-1),