diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui_0.12.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui_0.12.0.bb
index 4ff16a82d..f64f69a78 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui_0.12.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui_0.12.0.bb
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ do_install() {
 
 FILES:${PN} = "${bindir} ${libdir} ${datadir}"
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "malcontent"
+