diff --git a/scripts/ubuntu-req.sh b/scripts/ubuntu-req.sh
index b33a6649..5f618b71 100755
--- a/scripts/ubuntu-req.sh
+++ b/scripts/ubuntu-req.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -ex
 
 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential bison flex
-sudo apt-get install -y libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev zlib1g-dev vim git default-jdk default-jre
+sudo apt-get install -y libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev zlib1g-dev vim default-jdk default-jre
 # install sbt: https://www.scala-sbt.org/release/docs/Installing-sbt-on-Linux.html
 echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
 curl -sL "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823" | sudo apt-key add
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y sbt
 sudo apt-get install -y texinfo gengetopt
 sudo apt-get install -y libexpat1-dev libusb-dev libncurses5-dev cmake
 # deps for poky
-sudo apt-get install -y python3.6 patch diffstat texi2html texinfo subversion chrpath git wget
+sudo apt-get install -y python3.6 patch diffstat texi2html texinfo subversion chrpath wget
 # deps for qemu
 sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev gettext
 # deps for firemarshal
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3.6-dev rsync libguestfs-tools expat c
 # install DTC
 sudo apt-get install -y device-tree-compiler
 sudo apt-get install -y python
+# install git >= 2.17
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install git -y
 
 # install verilator
 git clone http://git.veripool.org/git/verilator