diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
index 17bba3a8618..ad504aea707 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
-depends="automake libtool intltool pkg-config gtk-doc gettext-devel"
+depends="automake libtool intltool pkg-config gtk-doc gettext-devel glib-devel"
 short_desc="Common development macros for MATE"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2"