diff --git a/lib/gst/clapper/meson.build b/lib/gst/clapper/meson.build
index f0573bff..168946b8 100644
--- a/lib/gst/clapper/meson.build
+++ b/lib/gst/clapper/meson.build
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ gstclapper = library('gstclapper-' + api_version,
   version: libversion,
   install: true,
   install_dir: pkglibdir,
-  dependencies: [gtk4_dep, glib_dep, gio_dep,
+  dependencies: [gtk4_dep, glib_dep, gio_dep, giounix_dep,
     gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstaudio_dep,
     gsttag_dep, gstpbutils_dep, libm] + gtk_deps,
 )
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index e5c52bfb..588ddb94 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ libm = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req, fallback: ['glib', 'libglib_dep'])
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', fallback: ['glib', 'libgmodule_dep'])
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', fallback: ['glib', 'libgio_dep'])
+giounix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req, fallback: ['glib', 'libgiounix_dep'])
 
 cdata.set('DISABLE_ORC', 1)
 cdata.set('GST_ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS', get_option('devel-checks'))