diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 7328aa09633384c8952e61be56da33f70a277a0d..c984221a7d4a44d142f60dbcf45c7639b0c84e30 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ parts:
       - libsvg-perl
       - libxml-xql-perl
       - ruby
+      - python3-gi
+      - python3-gi-cairo
     prime:
       - -lib/inkscape/*.a
     override-build: |