diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-pygobject/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python/python-pygobject/pspec.xml
index e5082551a7..81f6ff1185 100644
--- a/programming/language/python/python-pygobject/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-pygobject/pspec.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>glib2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gobject-introspection</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-cairo</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libffi</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>