diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 4e1e072eca..598973abf5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config flex libxslt automake libtool"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libfl-devel graphviz-devel"
+checkdepends="dbus gir-freedesktop libgirepository-devel"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"