diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
index 9d89f8d35..24f2a1129 100644
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@
     </dependencies>
   </autotools>
 
-  <autotools id="libgdata">
-    <branch repo="git.gnome.org" module="libgdata"/>
+  <tarball id="libgdata" version="0.8.0">
+    <source href="http://download.gnome.org/sources/libgdata/0.8/libgdata-0.8.0.tar.bz2"
+            hash="sha256:1a816dda7de8ce162e00cc1c782a5ae25230a36d56c590a67d86848058797c9f"
+            md5sum="43ad483c17446dcc7d1c8d3fa49dcc90" size="1240410"/>
     <dependencies>
-     <dep package="libsoup"/>
+      <dep package="glib"/>
+      <dep package="libxml2"/>
+      <dep package="libsoup"/>
     </dependencies>
-  </autotools>
+    <suggests>
+      <dep package="gobject-introspection"/>
+    </suggests>
+  </tarball>
 
   <autotools id="libgweather">
     <branch repo="git.gnome.org" module="libgweather"/>