diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
index 623ccbcea0f..54d8bd3b0b6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static --disable-systemd --enable-upower"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel dbus-glib-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel dbus-glib-devel libSM-devel libXtst-devel mate-desktop-devel
  mate-settings-daemon-devel mate-polkit-devel pangox-compat-devel upower0-devel"
 depends="upower0"