diff --git a/recipes/mehari/meta.yaml b/recipes/mehari/meta.yaml
index 606e92b161418..eb09b294a71b2 100644
--- a/recipes/mehari/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/mehari/meta.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ requirements:
     - cmake
     - make
     - pkg-config
+    - libprotobuf
   host:
     - clangdev
     - openssl