diff --git a/gio/Makefile.am b/gio/Makefile.am
index bdc897d01..a8fb2b7e4 100644
--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ glib_compile_schemas_SOURCES = \
 
 gsettings_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-2.0.la		\
+	$(top_builddir)/gobject/libgobject-2.0.la	\
 	libgio-2.0.la
 gsettings_SOURCES = gsettings-tool.c