diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.42.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.42.2.bb
index cc7b07e804..f54f4ce784 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.42.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.42.2.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
 inherit gnomebase setuptools3-base gobject-introspection upstream-version-is-even
 
-DEPENDS += "python3 glib-2.0"
+DEPENDS += "python3 glib-2.0 gobject-introspection"
 
 SRCNAME="pygobject"