diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-panel/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/mate-panel/pspec.xml
index 25b9375039..5df3d1dbf3 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-panel/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-panel/pspec.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
             <Dependency>yelp-tools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>itstool</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>desktop-file-utils</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk-layer-shell-devel</Dependency>
          </BuildDependencies>
          <Patches>