diff --git a/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
index 43219662..30b50c05 100644
--- a/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ if(NOT (MAINTAINER AND SANITIZERS))
 # compiling GIR doesn't work well with asan, needs to be investigated.
 
 set(APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/appstream.vapi")
+set(APPSTREAM_DEPS_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/appstream.deps")
 
 find_program (VAPIGEN vapigen)
 mark_as_advanced (VAPIGEN)
@@ -23,5 +24,6 @@ add_custom_command (OUTPUT ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE}
 add_custom_target(vapi ALL DEPENDS ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE})
 
 install(FILES ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/vala/vapi)
+install(FILES ${APPSTREAM_DEPS_FILE} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/vala/vapi)
 
 endif()
diff --git a/contrib/vapi/appstream.deps b/contrib/vapi/appstream.deps
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd10dfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/vapi/appstream.deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gio-2.0