diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 378a8f919e..3c4ae3f4d0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.")
      `(("cairo" ,cairo-xcb)
        ("dbus" ,dbus)
        ("elogind" ,elogind)
+       ("libcap" ,libcap)
        ("libinput" ,libinput-minimal)
        ("libunwind" ,libunwind)
        ("libxcursor" ,libxcursor)