diff --git a/packages/git/build.sh b/packages/git/build.sh
index ddf8d2f91..9789213ed 100755
--- a/packages/git/build.sh
+++ b/packages/git/build.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ termux_step_pre_configure () {
 	# remains without bumped modification times, so are not picked
 	# up by the package):
 	rm -Rf $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/git-perl
+
+	# Fixes build if utfcpp is installed:
+	CPPFLAGS="-I$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR $CPPFLAGS"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_make_install () {