diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
index 1094e3373d64e42cf0a460663f122aed6540c1de..ce83cf165e770bb861a2167b79497784d2f14c3e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ class Git(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('pcre2', when='@2.14:')
     depends_on('perl')
     depends_on('zlib')
+    depends_on('openssh', type='run')
 
     depends_on('autoconf', type='build')
     depends_on('automake', type='build')