diff --git a/harfbuzz.be0 b/harfbuzz.be0
index 73352d91e..f42a82079 100755
--- a/harfbuzz.be0
+++ b/harfbuzz.be0
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-${PKGV
 
 mee_configure() {
     bee_configure \
+        --with-gobject \
         --with-graphite2
 }