diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.9.bb b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.9.bb
index 169480ae844..0872110f803 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.9.bb
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.9.bb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ SUMMARY = "File manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment"
 SECTION = "x11"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
-DEPENDS = "exo gdk-pixbuf libxfce4ui libsm startup-notification libnotify xfce4-panel udev"
+DEPENDS = "libxml-parser-perl-native exo gdk-pixbuf libxfce4ui libsm startup-notification libnotify xfce4-panel udev"
 
-inherit xfce gobject-introspection features_check mime-xdg
+inherit xfce gobject-introspection features_check mime-xdg perlnative
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"