diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index d2f3bb0a9b..94ebe4d47b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ (define-public r-ggplot2
        ("r-plyr" ,r-plyr)
        ("r-proto" ,r-proto)
        ("r-reshape2" ,r-reshape2)
-       ("r-scales" ,r-scales)))
+       ("r-scales" ,r-scales)
+       ("r-svglite" ,r-svglite)))
     (home-page "http://ggplot2.org")
     (synopsis "An implementation of the grammar of graphics")
     (description