diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build b/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
index 401da66004..710bcd1dac 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ conf = configuration_data()
 ibus =           dependency('ibus-1.0',             version: '>= 1.2.0')
 gtk =            dependency('gtk+-3.0',             version: '>= 2.4')
 json_glib =      dependency('json-glib-1.0',        version: '>= 1.0')
-icu =            dependency('icu-i18n')
+icu =            [dependency('icu-i18n'), dependency('icu-uc')]
 
 systemd  =       dependency('libsystemd', 'libelogind', required: false)
 if systemd.found()