diff --git a/packages/libvips/package.py b/packages/libvips/package.py
index 95f7cf08ae83e56ee5b0f30786edbac694ab5e50..c3ae509aaab4138d01b15c20556ad1ea8fb31d25 100644
--- a/packages/libvips/package.py
+++ b/packages/libvips/package.py
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ class Libvips(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("libtiff", when="+tiff")
     depends_on("libpng", when="+png")
     depends_on("poppler", when="+poppler")
+
+    # quick fix for build errors
+    depends_on("gobject-introspection")
+    depends_on("cfitsio")
+    depends_on("pango")
+    depends_on("libtiff")
+