diff --git a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
index 0487c24b68..82dc12322f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ (define-public tumbler
     (inputs
      `(("dbus" ,dbus)
        ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
+       ("cairo" ,cairo) ;; Needed for pdf thumbnails (poppler-glibc.pc)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg)
        ("libgsf" ,libgsf)