diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 114082bc..f5cb0869 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ libpng_dep = dependency('libpng', version: '>= 1.2.16')
 
 libudev_dep = dependency('libudev', required: get_option('udev'))
 libpango_dep = dependency('pango', required: get_option('pango'))
+libcairo_dep = dependency('cairo', required: get_option('pango'))
+libpangocairo_dep = dependency('pangocairo', required: get_option('pango'))
 libfreetype_dep = dependency('freetype2', required: get_option('freetype'))
 gtk3_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.14.0', required: get_option('gtk'))
 libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', required: get_option('drm'))
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/label-pango/meson.build b/src/plugins/controls/label-pango/meson.build
index 526a855d..d89e2eeb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/controls/label-pango/meson.build
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/label-pango/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 label_plugin = shared_module('label-pango',
   'plugin.c',
   dependencies: [
+    libcairo_dep,
     libpango_dep,
+    libpangocairo_dep,
     libply_dep,
     libply_splash_core_dep,
     libply_splash_graphics_dep,