diff --git a/package/gnome/libsoup/libsoup.desc b/package/gnome/libsoup/libsoup.desc
index 650bde9c756..f1663ec5bc6 100644
--- a/package/gnome/libsoup/libsoup.desc
+++ b/package/gnome/libsoup/libsoup.desc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 [E] opt apache
 [E] opt brotli
+[E] opt gobject-introspection
 [E] opt unwind
 
 [L] LGPL
diff --git a/package/gnome/pango/pango.desc b/package/gnome/pango/pango.desc
index 2ebacb1b47c..04905c2535e 100644
--- a/package/gnome/pango/pango.desc
+++ b/package/gnome/pango/pango.desc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 [C] extra/text
 [F] CROSS
 
+[E] opt gobject-introspection
+
 [L] GPL
 [V] 1.57.1
 [P] X -----5---9 150.050