diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e1f78f29298..9aa82e9dd738 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5728,7 +5728,7 @@ let
 
   giblib = callPackage ../development/libraries/giblib { };
 
-  libgit2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2 { };
+  libgit2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2 { cmake = cmake-3_2; };
 
   glew = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew { };