diff --git a/Ports/.gitignore b/Ports/.gitignore
index 8e999ab3021..4ed7fdd31a1 100644
--- a/Ports/.gitignore
+++ b/Ports/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 !*/package.sh
 !*/patches
 !*/patches/*
+!*/.gitignore
diff --git a/Ports/git/.gitignore b/Ports/git/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e563d93452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/git/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!default_gitconfig
diff --git a/Ports/git/default_gitconfig b/Ports/git/default_gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2eeb9a6e337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/git/default_gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[user]
+    email = anon
+    name = anon
diff --git a/Ports/git/package.sh b/Ports/git/package.sh
index 2a98e4eb41b..82bcc68b1bf 100755
--- a/Ports/git/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/git/package.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ build() {
     run make strip
 }
 
+post_install() {
+    mkdir -p "$SERENITY_ROOT"/Build/Root/home/anon
+    cp "$workdir"/../default_gitconfig "$SERENITY_ROOT"/Build/Root/home/anon/.gitconfig
+}
+
 export NO_OPENSSL=1
 export ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no
 export ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no