diff --git a/src/tools/meson.build b/src/tools/meson.build
index 670052a7..bb6603d1 100644
--- a/src/tools/meson.build
+++ b/src/tools/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tools_deps = [
+  dependency('glib-2.0'),
   libsysprof_capture_dep,
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/tools/sysprof-cat.c b/src/tools/sysprof-cat.c
index b4187bf0..5d53435a 100644
--- a/src/tools/sysprof-cat.c
+++ b/src/tools/sysprof-cat.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sysprof-capture.h>
diff --git a/src/tools/sysprof-dump.c b/src/tools/sysprof-dump.c
index 5491f3a9..8b996249 100644
--- a/src/tools/sysprof-dump.c
+++ b/src/tools/sysprof-dump.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include <glib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sysprof-capture.h>