diff --git a/clutter/clutter/meson.build b/clutter/clutter/meson.build
index eb0341d06..9a14469b5 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/meson.build
+++ b/clutter/clutter/meson.build
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ if have_introspection
       libmutter_cogl_gir[0],
       libmutter_cogl_pango_gir[0],
       'GL-1.0',
+      'Gio-2.0',
       'GObject-2.0',
       'cairo-1.0',
       'Atk-1.0',