diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
index b9e1e618784..356646ced31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'gobject-introspection'
 pkgname=gobject-introspection
 version=1.76.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=meson
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/${pkgname}/giscanner"
 hostmakedepends="flex pkg-config"
 # won't run tests with cairo to avoid cyclical deps
 makedepends="libffi-devel libglib-devel python3-devel python3-Mako
  python3-Markdown"
-depends="libgirepository-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
+depends="libgirepository-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown python3-setuptools"
 short_desc="Introspection system for GObject-based libraries"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"