diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
index 8713ddf5334..ea4312f91c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dpython=python${py3_ver}"
 pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python3-MarkupSafe"
 makedepends="libglib-devel python3-cairo-devel python3-devel"
 depends="gir-freedesktop python3-cairo"
 short_desc="Python3 bindings for GObject"