diff --git a/mingw-w64-appstream-glib/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-appstream-glib/PKGBUILD
index 7d06d98e3c..c3496fc410 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-appstream-glib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-appstream-glib/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gdk-pixbuf2"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libpeas"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libsoup")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gobject-introspection"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-meson"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja"