diff --git a/srcpkgs/libzim/template b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
index 422104f993e..46d1b486a9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libzim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config git"
 makedepends="liblzma-devel $(vopt_if zlib zlib-devel)
- $(vopt_if xapian "xapian-core-devel icu-devel")"
+ $(vopt_if xapian "xapian-core-devel icu-devel")
+ gtest-devel"
 short_desc="Library to read and write ZIM files"
 maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"