diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
index f8d584a04a..c04e1a592d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libSM-devel zlib-devel libcanberra-devel libgtop-devel libmate-panel-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Common utilities for the MATE desktop"