diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/atk/at-spi2-core_2.60.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/atk/at-spi2-core_2.60.0.bb
index 8e3314222c..a32cce56cb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/atk/at-spi2-core_2.60.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/atk/at-spi2-core_2.60.0.bb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 PROVIDES += "atk at-spi2-atk"
 RPROVIDES:${PN} += "atk at-spi2-atk"
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:append:class-target = " gsettings-desktop-schemas"
+
 inherit gnomebase gi-docgen gettext systemd upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection python3targetconfig
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " -Dsystemd_user_dir=${systemd_user_unitdir} \
