diff --git a/ges/meson.build b/ges/meson.build
index 1a49d49428..675d4599d9 100644
--- a/ges/meson.build
+++ b/ges/meson.build
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ if build_gir
         identifier_prefix : 'GES',
         symbol_prefix : 'ges',
         export_packages : 'ges-1.0',
-        includes : ['Gst-1.0', 'GstPbutils-1.0', 'GstVideo-1.0', 'Gio-2.0'],
+        includes : ['Gst-1.0', 'GstPbutils-1.0', 'GstVideo-1.0', 'Gio-2.0', 'GObject-2.0'],
         install : true,
         dependencies : libges_deps,
         extra_args : ges_gir_extra_args