diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.20.1.bb b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.20.1.bb
index d16a9e6446..5cd0213951 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.20.1.bb
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.20.1.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     libxfce4ui \
     libxfce4util \
     libxfce4windowing \
+    libyaml \
     thunar \
     xfconf \
 "