diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
index 613831f4..861decb0 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ sys-apps/baselayout::gentoo
 # libgit2, but it can happen that there is no new enough version of the former
 >=dev-libs/libgit2-0.27
 >=dev-libs/libgit2-glib-0.27
+>=dev-python/pygit2-0.27
 
 # 2017-09-15 Joost Ruis: Prevent Python 3.4 downgrade
 dev-lang/python:3.4