diff --git a/validate/plugins/ssim/meson.build b/validate/plugins/ssim/meson.build
index 5bee302121..a6bf773d76 100644
--- a/validate/plugins/ssim/meson.build
+++ b/validate/plugins/ssim/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ if cairo_dep.found()
                 'gstvalidatessim.c',
                 include_directories : inc_dirs,
                 link_with: [video, gstvalidate],
-                dependencies : [gst_dep, gst_video_dep, glib_dep, cairo_dep],
+                dependencies : [gst_dep, gst_video_dep, glib_dep, cairo_dep,
+                    gst_pbutils_dep],
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : validate_plugins_install_dir,
                 c_args: ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H'],