diff --git a/templates/git-1.6.0.2.tmpl b/templates/git-1.6.0.2.tmpl
index db6c6e3bb19..19be8b892fb 100755
--- a/templates/git-1.6.0.2.tmpl
+++ b/templates/git-1.6.0.2.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=git-1.6.0.2
 extract_sufx=".tar.bz2"
 url=http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_env="CURLDIR=$PKGFS_MASTERDIR"
 configure_args="--with-shell=/bin/sh --with-perl=$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/bin/perl
  --with-curl --without-tcltk --with-expat"
 make_cmd="$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"