diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
index bb7552f068df..719519e77931 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gettext
     gobject-introspection
     itstool
+    libxml2 # for xmllint for xml-stripblanks preprocessing
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config