diff --git a/desktop/gnome/apps/libshumate/pspec.xml b/desktop/gnome/apps/libshumate/pspec.xml
index e07faf8969..de93857ea2 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome/apps/libshumate/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/gnome/apps/libshumate/pspec.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             <Dependency>graphene-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libsoup3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>valgrind-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>protobuf-c-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gdk-pixbuf-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gobject-introspection-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
             <Dependency>sqlite</Dependency>
             <Dependency>graphene</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libsoup3</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>protobuf-c</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gdk-pixbuf</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>