diff --git a/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.16.2-r2.ebuild b/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.16.2-r2.ebuild
index 5d6328ada5d70..9b18c8506d4f2 100644
--- a/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.16.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.16.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-text/yelp-tools
 	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-util/desktop-file-utils
 	dev-util/gdbus-codegen
 	dev-util/itstool
 	>=dev-util/intltool-0.50
diff --git a/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.18.2.ebuild b/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.18.2.ebuild
index 03dab611338e8..c96f62462c73f 100644
--- a/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.18.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-terms/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-3.18.2.ebuild
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-text/yelp-tools
 	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-util/desktop-file-utils
 	dev-util/gdbus-codegen
 	dev-util/itstool
 	>=dev-util/intltool-0.50