diff --git a/libfprint/meson.build b/libfprint/meson.build
index a7aa3d6..4715307 100644
--- a/libfprint/meson.build
+++ b/libfprint/meson.build
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ deps = [
     enums_dep,
     gio_dep,
     glib_dep,
+    gobject_dep,
     gusb_dep,
     imaging_dep,
     mathlib_dep,
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ libfprint_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libfprint,
         enums_dep,
         gio_dep,
         glib_dep,
+        gobject_dep,
         gusb_dep,
     ])
 
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ if get_option('introspection')
         link_with : libfprint,
         dependencies : [
             gio_dep,
+            gobject_dep,
             gusb_dep,
         ],
         includes : [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d4248d8..7bb52b4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ versioned_libname = meson.project_name() + '-' + soversion.to_string()
 # Dependencies
 glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>=' + glib_min_version)
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: '>=' + glib_min_version)
+gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0', version: '>=' + glib_min_version)
 gusb_dep = dependency('gusb', version: '>= 0.2.0')
 mathlib_dep = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
     description: 'Generic C API for fingerprint reader access',
     version: meson.project_version(),
     libraries: libfprint,
+    requires: [gio_dep, gobject_dep],
     subdirs: versioned_libname,
     filebase: versioned_libname,
 )