diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
index c5c31d3ac3..0fb49fc344 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-cairo/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>Pycairo is set of Python3 bindings for the cairo graphics library.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="bf5c0c88c9a07487c8b6c7ee51f75e6700b75088" type="targz">https://github.com/pygobject/pycairo/archive/v1.27.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="3.8.1">python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cairo-devel</Dependency>