diff --git a/dev-python/lit/lit-5.0.9999.ebuild b/dev-python/lit/lit-5.0.9999.ebuild
index 61b9ce3ec0213..6d9f12eb032a9 100644
--- a/dev-python/lit/lit-5.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lit/lit-5.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ DEPEND="
 
 # TODO: move the manpage generation here (from sys-devel/llvm)
 
+src_unpack() {
+	git-r3_fetch
+	git-r3_checkout '' '' '' utils/lit
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	./lit.py -sv tests || die
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
index 063e1421607b9..d8c140474d8d4 100644
--- a/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lit/lit-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ DEPEND="
 
 # TODO: move the manpage generation here (from sys-devel/llvm)
 
+src_unpack() {
+	git-r3_fetch
+	git-r3_checkout '' '' '' utils/lit
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	./lit.py -vv tests || die
 }