diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.2.bb
index b55da72f7b..3d9758e27a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_2.2.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt;md5=fba3b94d88bfb9b81369b869a1e9a20f \
 "
 
+DEPENDS += "glib-2.0"
+
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-2.x:"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://gpio-manager.init"