diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
index de784a725aa..1986b97e563 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Add_dependency build telepathy-logger-devel
 Add_dependency build json-glib-devel	">=0.14.0"
 Add_dependency build libcanberra-devel
 Add_dependency build pulseaudio-devel
+Add_dependency build polkit-devel
 
 Add_dependency full gir-freedesktop