diff --git a/swaylock/meson.build b/swaylock/meson.build
index 2f2733f8..2a1f029a 100644
--- a/swaylock/meson.build
+++ b/swaylock/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ executable(
 		math,
 		pango,
 		pangocairo,
+		xkbcommon,
 		wayland_client,
 		wlroots,
 	],