diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
index 059721cb..2cc61d7b 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/conf/libostree-sys.toml
@@ -3,5 +3,10 @@ work_mode = "sys"
 library = "OSTree"
 version = "1.0"
 target_path = "../libostree-sys"
+external_libraries = [
+   "GLib",
+   "GObject",
+   "Gio",
+]
 
 girs_dir = "../gir-files"
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
index 9986c8d1..a4ab6c0b 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(approx_constant, type_complexity, unreadable_literal))]
 
 extern crate libc;
+extern crate glib_sys as glib;
+extern crate gobject_sys as gobject;
+extern crate gio_sys as gio;
 
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use libc::{c_int, c_char, c_uchar, c_float, c_uint, c_double,