diff --git a/srcpkgs/gjs/template b/srcpkgs/gjs/template
index 83e4d7d4dcc..d88366bad43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gjs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gjs/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gjs
 version=1.42.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel gobject-introspection"
 makedepends="libffi-devel libgirepository-devel>=1.40 dbus-glib-devel
  cairo-devel readline-devel>=6.3 mozjs24-devel"
 short_desc="Mozilla-based javascript bindings for the GNOME platform"