diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk+/template b/srcpkgs/gtk+/template
index beac362f0de..11d915aee04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk+/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk+/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=20cb10cae43999732a9af2e9aac4d1adebf2a9c2e1ba147050976abca5cd24f4
 
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl xmlto $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl xmlto glib-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libXcursor-devel
  libXext-devel libXrender-devel libXinerama-devel libXi-devel libXrandr-devel
  libXcomposite-devel libXdamage-devel fontconfig-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel