diff --git a/gnu/packages/cups.scm b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
index c7c11eba98..f5c199e1d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ (define-public cups-filters
      `(("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for gdbus-codegen
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs
-     `(("fontconfig"   ,fontconfig)
+     `(("avahi"        ,avahi)
+       ("fontconfig"   ,fontconfig)
        ("freetype"     ,freetype)
        ("font-dejavu"  ,font-dejavu) ;needed by test suite
        ("ghostscript"  ,ghostscript)