diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 862f6ccce3..6fc059b97f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ghostscript)