diff --git a/ghostty.changes b/ghostty.changes
index 788cb4c..fc0b474 100644
--- a/ghostty.changes
+++ b/ghostty.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 31 00:12:45 UTC 2025 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- add gobject-introspection as BuildRequires to get the GI based
+  dependencies
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 30 23:43:50 UTC 2025 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/ghostty.spec b/ghostty.spec
index 85b358b..418aa8c 100644
--- a/ghostty.spec
+++ b/ghostty.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Source2:        https://release.files.ghostty.org/%{version}/ghostty-%{version}.
 Source1:        vendor.tar.zst
 Source98:       series
 Source99:       vendor.sh
+BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  pandoc
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig