diff --git a/srcpkgs/polari/template b/srcpkgs/polari/template
index e070bb92c39..2f77e9e2495 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polari/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polari/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ version=43.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool gettext glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool gettext glib-devel gtk-update-icon-cache
+ desktop-file-utils"
 makedepends="gjs-devel telepathy-logger-devel telepathy-glib-devel"
 depends="telepathy-logger telepathy-glib libsecret gtk4"
 checkdepends="appstream-glib desktop-file-utils"