diff --git a/24/cli/Dockerfile b/24/cli/Dockerfile
index 7ebc95129..719cf6cbc 100644
--- a/24/cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/24/cli/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.20
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ca-certificates \
 # DOCKER_HOST=ssh://... -- https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
-		openssh-client
+		openssh-client \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/482#issuecomment-2197116408
+		git
 
 # ensure that nsswitch.conf is set up for Go's "netgo" implementation (which Docker explicitly uses)
 # - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.6/hack/make.sh#L111
diff --git a/25/cli/Dockerfile b/25/cli/Dockerfile
index 25a9fcf3a..4eeb1c433 100644
--- a/25/cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/25/cli/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.20
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ca-certificates \
 # DOCKER_HOST=ssh://... -- https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
-		openssh-client
+		openssh-client \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/482#issuecomment-2197116408
+		git
 
 # ensure that nsswitch.conf is set up for Go's "netgo" implementation (which Docker explicitly uses)
 # - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.6/hack/make.sh#L111
diff --git a/26/cli/Dockerfile b/26/cli/Dockerfile
index 3a93add2c..c8a83d70e 100644
--- a/26/cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/26/cli/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.20
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ca-certificates \
 # DOCKER_HOST=ssh://... -- https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
-		openssh-client
+		openssh-client \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/482#issuecomment-2197116408
+		git
 
 # ensure that nsswitch.conf is set up for Go's "netgo" implementation (which Docker explicitly uses)
 # - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.6/hack/make.sh#L111
diff --git a/27/cli/Dockerfile b/27/cli/Dockerfile
index 1471fb1a0..6c57a5628 100644
--- a/27/cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/27/cli/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.20
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ca-certificates \
 # DOCKER_HOST=ssh://... -- https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
-		openssh-client
+		openssh-client \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/482#issuecomment-2197116408
+		git
 
 # ensure that nsswitch.conf is set up for Go's "netgo" implementation (which Docker explicitly uses)
 # - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.6/hack/make.sh#L111
diff --git a/Dockerfile-cli.template b/Dockerfile-cli.template
index 0e6e131cd..5b9eb2ac0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-cli.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-cli.template
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.20
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ca-certificates \
 # DOCKER_HOST=ssh://... -- https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
-		openssh-client
+		openssh-client \
+# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/482#issuecomment-2197116408
+		git
 
 # ensure that nsswitch.conf is set up for Go's "netgo" implementation (which Docker explicitly uses)
 # - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.6/hack/make.sh#L111