diff --git a/gst/multifile/meson.build b/gst/multifile/meson.build
index 6ec260dfd1..a5e4736704 100644
--- a/gst/multifile/meson.build
+++ b/gst/multifile/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ gstmultifile = library('gstmultifile',
   multifile_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
-  dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep, gio_dep],
+  dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep,
+                  gstpbutils_dep, gio_dep],
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )