diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-applet-dock/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/mate-applet-dock/pspec.xml
index 520b7d71d5..18f2deff74 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-applet-dock/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-applet-dock/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>Application dock for the MATE panel</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="3f3cdf347d56e3a4434d4c0ce87e2523015782b4" type="targz">https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-dock-applet/archive/21.10.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>autoconf-archive</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libwnck3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>bamf-devel</Dependency>