diff --git a/src/locale/meson.build b/src/locale/meson.build
index 98a0b44d63..61001cc259 100644
--- a/src/locale/meson.build
+++ b/src/locale/meson.build
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ tests += [
                         'localed-util.c',
                         'xkbcommon-util.c',
                 ),
+                'dependencies' : libxkbcommon_deps,
         },
 ]