diff --git a/recipes/incoming-clib/cairo.toml b/recipes/incoming-clib/cairo.toml
index 9cb9ebcb..2c1482db 100644
--- a/recipes/incoming-clib/cairo.toml
+++ b/recipes/incoming-clib/cairo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ configure = "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.12/s
 compile   = "PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages ninja -C output"
 install   = "PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages DESTDIR=/out meson install -C output --no-rebuild"
 [deps]
-build = ["meson", "samurai", "python3", "pkgconf", "pixman", "freetype", "fontconfig", "libpng", "zlib", "glib"]
+build = ["meson", "samurai", "python3", "pkgconf", "pixman", "freetype", "fontconfig", "libpng", "zlib", "glib", "expat"]