diff --git a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
index 0a395abce6..a184f17821 100644
--- a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
+++ b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <Description>The VTE package contains a termcap file implementation for terminal emulators.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="b0af0701ef9d6c7ede9c578366b12a70ac47ab66" type="tarxz">mirrors://gnome/vte/0.28/vte-0.28.2.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>gobject-introspection-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>fontconfig-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>pango-devel</Dependency>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
         <Name>vte</Name>
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
+            <Dependency>gobject-introspection</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>atk</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cairo</Dependency>