diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 2d86366a..3cd0f6c3 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   libdrm,
   libexecinfo,
   libinput,
+  libuuid,
   libxcb,
   libxkbcommon,
   mesa,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ in
         libdrm
         libGL
         libinput
+        libuuid
         libxkbcommon
         mesa
         pango
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 15c69552..7a00a5ff 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     dependency('gl', 'opengl'),
     dependency('threads'),
     dependency('pango'),
-    dependency('pangocairo')
+    dependency('pangocairo'),
+    dependency('uuid'),
   ],
   install : true
 )