diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
index b758dbff17f..25c70bf6b3e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 
 # FIXME: replace the python test package
 
+- name: install git, needed for repo installs
+  package:
+    name: git
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
+
 # first some tests installed system-wide
 # verify things were not installed to start with