diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix
index 36ed0c71f8f..07ee3e2f690 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce4-14/thunar/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { mkXfceDerivation, docbook_xsl, exo, gdk-pixbuf, gtk3, libgudev ? null
-, libnotify ? null, libX11, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxslt, xfconf }:
+, libnotify ? null, libX11, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxslt, xfconf, gobject-introspection }:
 
 mkXfceDerivation rec {
   category = "xfce";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mkXfceDerivation rec {
 
   sha256 = "01w60csbs2nq1bhb8n1bnmjmx48fm0va3qbnq84z0h2dxpr80b1w";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ libxslt docbook_xsl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ libxslt docbook_xsl gobject-introspection ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     exo