diff --git a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
index f5152b0ba2..317687c701 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ (define-public blender
        ("libtiff" ,libtiff)
        ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
        ("fftw" ,fftw)
+       ("gmp" ,gmp) ;; needed for boolean operations on meshes
        ("jack" ,jack-1)
        ("libsndfile" ,libsndfile)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)