diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.52.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.52.2.bb
index 08f7dc67b0..cf1dd07639 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.52.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.52.2.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-asyncio \
     python3-io \
     python3-pkgutil \
+    gobject-introspection \
 "
 
 # python3-pycairo is checked on configuration -> DEPENDS