diff --git a/desktop/gnome/apps/epiphany/pspec.xml b/desktop/gnome/apps/epiphany/pspec.xml
index 2f5aafb58a..9ee5048b5f 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome/apps/epiphany/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/gnome/apps/epiphany/pspec.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
             <Dependency>appstream-glib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gmp-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>desktop-file-utils</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>