diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/graphene/graphene_1.10.6.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/graphene/graphene_1.10.6.bb
index 77579ffac4..3a95a8f45c 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/graphene/graphene_1.10.6.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/graphene/graphene_1.10.6.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection gtk-doc
 SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "390139e704772b915ff2b7cac56c24ae"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "80ae57723e4608e6875626a88aaa6f56dd25df75024bd16e9d77e718c3560b25"
 
+# mutter 41.0 requires graphene build with introspection
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "introspection"
 PACKAGECONFIG[introspection] = "-Dintrospection=enabled,-Dintrospection=disabled,"
 
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"