diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e5eebb30..bec08967 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ deps = [
     dependency('pangocairo'),
     dependency('xkbcommon'),
     dependency('librsvg-2.0'),
+    dependency('libjpeg'),
     c_compiler.find_library('m', required: false),
 ]