diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0c0506fe2b46..a26676621da9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6900,7 +6900,9 @@ in {
 
   pygetwindow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygetwindow { };
 
-  pygit2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygit2 { };
+  pygit2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygit2 {
+    libgit2 = pkgs.libgit2_1_3_0;
+  };
 
   PyGithub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyGithub { };