diff --git a/devel/cargo-c/files/patch-libgit2 b/devel/cargo-c/files/patch-libgit2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94016bd208a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/cargo-c/files/patch-libgit2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+https://github.com/rust-lang/git2-rs/commit/c69236c027b7
+
+--- cargo-crates/libgit2-sys-0.15.2+1.6.4/build.rs.orig	2006-07-24 01:21:28 UTC
++++ cargo-crates/libgit2-sys-0.15.2+1.6.4/build.rs
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() {
+     let try_to_use_system_libgit2 = !vendored && !zlib_ng_compat;
+     if try_to_use_system_libgit2 {
+         let mut cfg = pkg_config::Config::new();
+-        if let Ok(lib) = cfg.range_version("1.6.4".."1.7.0").probe("libgit2") {
++        if let Ok(lib) = cfg.range_version("1.6.4".."1.8.0").probe("libgit2") {
+             for include in &lib.include_paths {
+                 println!("cargo:root={}", include.display());
+             }