diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 71e75fd9b..84350c694 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ xkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon', version: '>=1.5.0')
 cairo = dependency('cairo')
 pango = dependency('pango')
 pangocairo = dependency('pangocairo')
+glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
 gdk_pixbuf = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', required: get_option('gdk-pixbuf'))
 pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
 libevdev = dependency('libevdev')
diff --git a/sway/meson.build b/sway/meson.build
index ea03e2ef0..c02063650 100644
--- a/sway/meson.build
+++ b/sway/meson.build
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ sway_sources = files(
 sway_deps = [
 	cairo,
 	drm,
+	glib,
 	jsonc,
 	libevdev,
 	libinput,