diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index e8867102..6a1dde9e 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -1107,3 +1107,6 @@ sys-libs/readline static-libs
 
 # required by seahorse
 app-crypt/gcr vala
+
+# required by gitg
+dev-libs/libgit2 threads