diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 69d9c63f88..691eca5e68 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4808,7 +4808,7 @@ (define-public gedit
      `(("glib" ,glib)
        ("gspell" ,gspell)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
-       ("gtksourceview" ,gtksourceview)
+       ("gtksourceview" ,gtksourceview-3)
        ("libpeas" ,libpeas)
        ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
        ("iso-codes" ,iso-codes)