diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index dd733bb79a..7a8ee103c1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -7367,7 +7367,7 @@ (define-public mutter
        ;; mutter-clutter-1.0.pc and mutter-cogl-1.0.pc refer to these:
        ("atk" ,atk)
        ("cairo" ,cairo)
-       ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
+       ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf+svg)
        ("glib" ,glib)
        ("json-glib" ,json-glib)
        ("libinput" ,libinput)