diff --git a/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/os/ubuntu/pkgs/init.sls b/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/os/ubuntu/pkgs/init.sls
index 291a990..cde7339 100644
--- a/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/os/ubuntu/pkgs/init.sls
+++ b/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/os/ubuntu/pkgs/init.sls
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include:
 #  - os.debian.pkgs.libdpkg-perl
 #  - os.debian.pkgs.timesync
 #  - pkgs.bower
+  - pkgs.git
   - pkgs.curl
   - pkgs.dmidecode
   - pkgs.dnsutils
diff --git a/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/pkgs/git.sls b/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/pkgs/git.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffe41d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/testing/golden-state-tree/pkgs/git.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{%- set git = 'git' %}
+
+git:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: {{ git }}