diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/meson.build b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/meson.build
index 22db40aacd..a893c368d1 100644
--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/meson.build
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ gstgtkhelper = static_library ('gstgtkhelper',
   ['gstgtk.c'],
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + extra_c_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
-  dependencies : [gst_base_dep, video_dep, gtk_dep],
+  dependencies : [gst_base_dep, video_dep, gtk_dep, gstgl_dep],
   install : false)
 
 gstgtkhelper_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: gstgtkhelper,
   compile_args : extra_args,
   include_directories : include_directories('.'),
-  dependencies : [gst_base_dep, video_dep, gtk_dep])
+  dependencies : [gst_base_dep, video_dep, gtk_dep, gstgl_dep])
 
 subdir('filternovideooverlay')
 subdir('filtervideooverlay')