diff --git a/salt/gitfs/pygit2.sls b/salt/gitfs/pygit2.sls
index 585a08a..dd7ec61 100644
--- a/salt/gitfs/pygit2.sls
+++ b/salt/gitfs/pygit2.sls
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {% from "salt/map.jinja" import salt_settings with context %}
 
+git:
+  pkg.installed
+
 {% if salt_settings.gitfs.pygit2.install_from_source %}
 # we probably don't have a package or it's not a high enough version
 # install latest from source/pip