diff --git a/gio/inotify/Makefile.am b/gio/inotify/Makefile.am
index 8b4b3ae18..6dd9136b4 100644
--- a/gio/inotify/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/inotify/Makefile.am
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ libinotify_la_CFLAGS = \
 	-DGIO_COMPILATION		\
 	-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 
+libinotify_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-2.0.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/gobject/libgobject-2.0.la \
+	$(NULL)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gio/inotify/meson.build b/gio/inotify/meson.build
index 1fa8e0464..8183f141e 100644
--- a/gio/inotify/meson.build
+++ b/gio/inotify/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ inotify_sources = [
 inotify_lib = static_library('inotify',
   sources : inotify_sources,
   include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gmoduleinc],
-  dependencies : [gioenumtypes_dep],
+  dependencies : [gioenumtypes_dep, libglib_dep, libgobject_dep],
   pic : true,
   c_args : [ '-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED' ] + gio_c_args)