diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 6c817ec2e3..ab84903d87 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -1410,7 +1410,8 @@ (define-public gupnp-av
       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)
       ("gtk-doc" ,gtk-doc/stable)
       ("libxml" ,libxml2)
-      ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+      ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+      ("vala" ,vala)))
    (inputs
     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+)
       ("gupnp" ,gupnp)))