diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index ee001917746..54e16eaff1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       # gitweb.cgi, need to patch so that it's found
       sed -i -e "s|'compressor' => \['gzip'|'compressor' => ['${gzip}/bin/gzip'|" \
           $out/share/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+
+      # Also put git-http-backend into $PATH, so that we can use smart
+      # HTTP(s) transports for pushing
+      ln -s $out/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend $out/bin/git-http-backend
     ''
 
    + (if svnSupport then