diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index dd0c27a..3904b6e 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function virtualenv (){
 }
 
 cd $BUILD_DIR
+curl -s -L -o git.tar.gz http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.tar.gz
+tar -zxvf git.tar.gz
+cd git-1.7.9; ./configure; make
+export PATH=:$BUILD_DIR/git-1.7.9/:$PATH
 
 # Reject a non-packaged Django app.
 if [ "$NAME" = "Python" ]; then