diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-font-viewer/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-font-viewer/template
index 5caded494be..4c7add89e1b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-font-viewer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-font-viewer/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.24.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-schemas-compile --disable-scrollkeeper"
-hostmakedepends="which pkg-config intltool itstool gnome-doc-utils"
+hostmakedepends="which pkg-config intltool itstool gnome-doc-utils glib"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel gnome-desktop-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="A font viewer for GNOME"