diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
index c34d7dc9c752..7e126b3d112c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, rustPlatform
-, openssl, cmake, perl, pkgconfig, zlib, curl, libgit2
+, openssl, cmake, perl, pkgconfig, zlib, curl, libgit2, libssh2
 }:
 
 with rustPlatform;
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
+  LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig perl ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl zlib curl libgit2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl zlib curl libgit2 libssh2 ];
 
   postBuild = ''
     install -D "$src/git-series.1" "$out/man/man1/git-series.1"