diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.36.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.36.0.bb
index 1282e93634..12c2868a58 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.36.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.36.0.bb
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ FILES:${PN}-demo = " \
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-python3 = "python3-pygobject"
 FILES:${PN}-python3 = "${libdir}/libpeas-1.0/loaders/libpython3loader.so"
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"