diff --git a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
index 5fc57fad58..1023157f13 100644
--- a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
+++ b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             <Dependency>ncurses-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>pango-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-six</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
             <Dependency>vala-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Archive sha1sum="409b16e9c727335fc838ea2611725d6ccc448066" type="tarxz">mirrors://gnome/vte/0.63/vte-0.63.91.tar.xz</Archive>