diff --git a/dev-util/cargo-c/cargo-c-0.9.30.ebuild b/dev-util/cargo-c/cargo-c-0.9.30.ebuild
index efd999171092f..e17e9888da426 100644
--- a/dev-util/cargo-c/cargo-c-0.9.30.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cargo-c/cargo-c-0.9.30.ebuild
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ src_unpack() {
 	if [[ -n ${MY_P} ]] ; then
 		tar -xf "${DISTDIR}"/"${MY_P}.crate" -C "${WORKDIR}" || die
 	fi
+
+	# libgit2-sys unnecessarily(?) requests <libgit2-1.8.0, bump to 2 for now
+	sed -e '/range_version/s/1\.8\.0/2/' \
+		-i "${ECARGO_VENDOR}"/libgit2-sys-0.16.2+1.7.2/build.rs || die
 }
 
 src_configure() {