diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index f7f4acbe63e..82e4998e946 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ configure_args="-Dman=true -Dselinux=disabled -Dintrospection=enabled
 hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config gobject-introspection-bootstrap
  libxslt docbook-xsl $(vopt_if gtk_doc gi-docgen) python3-packaging python3-docutils"
 makedepends="zlib-devel pcre2-devel libffi-devel dbus-devel elfutils-devel libmount-devel"
-checkdepends="desktop-file-utils shared-mime-info dbus python3-pytest"
+checkdepends="glib-bootstrap desktop-file-utils shared-mime-info dbus python3-pytest"
 short_desc="GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"