diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
index 3cdd1fae50..5d778805ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "The git revision control system used by the Linux kernel developers"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
-DEPENDS = "perl-native-runtime openssl curl zlib expat"
+DEPENDS = "openssl curl zlib expat"
 
 SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/software/scm/git/git-${PV}.tar.bz2 "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git-${PV}"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=7c0d7ef03a7eb04ce795b0f60e68e7e1"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-tcltk"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-perl=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native/perl --without-tcltk"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools perlnative
 
 do_install () {
 	oe_runmake install DESTDIR="${D}" bindir=${bindir} \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_1.7.5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_1.7.5.1.bb
index 9aa2bdff9a..04d1d5602c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_1.7.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_1.7.5.1.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require git.inc
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no ac_cv_c_c99_format=yes \
                  ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=${ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes} \