diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libsoup/libsoup-2.4_2.52.2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libsoup/libsoup-2.4_2.52.2.bb
index 13ff6851e9..f6e3db2c9b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libsoup/libsoup-2.4_2.52.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libsoup/libsoup-2.4_2.52.2.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "db55628b5c7d952945bb71b236469057c8dfb8dea0c271513579c6273c
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/libsoup-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig upstream-version-is-even
+inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection
 
 # libsoup-gnome is entirely deprecated and just stubs in 2.42 onwards. Disable by default.
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""