diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 5e7f27fe69..7339000436 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -12806,6 +12806,7 @@ non-privileged user.")
            gobject-introspection
            itstool
            libarchive
+           (libc-utf8-locales-for-target)
            libxml2
            pkg-config
            python-minimal