diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile
index fcf0ae352..f23bec52b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update && dnf -y upgrade && \
     dnf builddep -y mutter && \
 
     # Until Fedora catches up with meson build-deps
-    dnf install -y meson xorg-x11-server-Xorg gnome-settings-daemon-devel egl-wayland-devel xorg-x11-server-Xwayland && \
+    dnf install -y meson xorg-x11-server-Xorg gnome-settings-daemon-devel egl-wayland-devel xorg-x11-server-Xwayland graphene-devel && \
 
     # For running unit tests
     dnf install -y xorg-x11-server-Xvfb mesa-dri-drivers dbus dbus-x11 && \
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/meson.build b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
index cb940420a..64d00a493 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/meson.build
+++ b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if have_introspection
     sources: cogl_introspected_headers,
     nsversion: libmutter_api_version,
     namespace: 'Cogl',
-    includes: ['GL-1.0', 'GObject-2.0'],
+    includes: ['GL-1.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'Graphene-1.0'],
     dependencies: [cogl_deps],
     extra_args: introspection_args + [
       '-UCOGL_COMPILATION',
diff --git a/cogl/meson.build b/cogl/meson.build
index 356d596f5..3d359a2fe 100644
--- a/cogl/meson.build
+++ b/cogl/meson.build
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ cogl_pkg_private_deps = [
   cairo_dep,
   gmodule_no_export_dep,
   gdk_pixbuf_dep,
+  graphene_dep,
   #uprof_dep,
 ]
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6ce9e59f2..e765bf9f8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ libmutter_api_version = '4'
 # generic version requirements
 glib_req = '>= 2.53.2'
 gi_req = '>= 0.9.5'
+graphene_req = '>= 1.5.0'
 gtk3_req = '>= 3.19.8'
 gdk_pixbuf_req = '>= 2.0'
 uprof_req = '>= 0.3'
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ mutter_installed_tests_libexecdir = join_paths(
 
 m_dep = cc.find_library('m', required: true)
 x11_dep = dependency('x11')
+graphene_dep = dependency('graphene-gobject-1.0', version: graphene_req)
 gtk3_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: gtk3_req)
 gdk_pixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0')
 pango_dep = dependency('pango', version: pango_req)