diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 83bab53..e8683d3 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
             gtest,
             nlohmann_json,
             sdbusplus,
+            valijson,
         ],
         implicit_include_directories: false,
         include_directories: '../include',