diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/wscript b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
index 1b84fe3fb1..9afe8607c4 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/wscript
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ def build(bld):
         obj.linkflags = ['-mwindows', '-Wl,--export-dynamic']
         obj.linkflags += bld.env['LDFLAGS']
         obj.defines = ['_POSIX_SOURCE', 'USE_WS_PREFIX']
+        obj.uselib       = 'GLIB'
         obj.install_path = bld.env['DLLDIR']
         # end of the wine executable