diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
index 1f3ab377778..8ea5bd63029 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=9
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-experimental --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
 makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6 alsa-lib-devel celt-devel libressl-devel
  gst-plugins-base-devel libdca-devel orc-devel libmms-devel exempi-devel
  libexif-devel libmpcdec-devel faac-devel SDL-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10