1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
index 33473ecad3f0..bf0d50368972 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To update the list of packages from MELPA,
 
 */
 
-{ lib }:
+{ lib, external }:
 
 self:
 
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ self:
       # upstream issue: missing file header
       maxframe = markBroken super.maxframe;
 
+      magit =
+        (super.magit.override {
+          # version of magit-popup needs to match magit
+          # https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/3286
+          inherit (self.melpaStablePackages) magit-popup;
+        }).overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+          # searches for Git at build time
+          nativeBuildInputs =
+            (attrs.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ external.git ];
+        });
+
       # missing OCaml
       merlin = markBroken super.merlin;