diff --git a/deskutils/gnome-characters/Makefile b/deskutils/gnome-characters/Makefile
index a38575ab740b..855d738d7a4b 100644
--- a/deskutils/gnome-characters/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gnome-characters/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	gnome-characters
 PORTVERSION=	47.0
 CATEGORIES=	deskutils gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME/sources/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:C/^([0-9]+)\..*/\1/}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Find and insert unusual characters for GNOME
 WWW=		https://apps.gnome.org/Characters/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	update-desktop-database:devel/desktop-file-utils
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libadwaita-1.so:x11-toolkits/libadwaita \
 		libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus \
 		libgjs.so:lang/gjs \
 
 USES=		gettext gnome iconv:wchar_t localbase:ldflags meson pkgconfig \
 		python:build tar:xz
-USE_GNOME=	gtk40 introspection pango
+USE_GNOME=	gtk40 introspection pango gnomedesktop3
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_VERSION}
 
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.gnome.Characters.gschema.xml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/deskutils/gnome-clocks/Makefile b/deskutils/gnome-clocks/Makefile
index 349b395412c7..88d934d8ba12 100644
--- a/deskutils/gnome-clocks/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gnome-clocks/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	gnome-clocks
 PORTVERSION=	47.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	deskutils gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME/sources/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:C/^([0-9]+)\..*/\1/}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Clocks for GNOME
 WWW=		https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Clocks
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	itstool:textproc/itstool
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	itstool:textproc/itstool \
+		update-desktop-database:devel/desktop-file-utils
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgeoclue-2.so:net/geoclue \
 		libgeocode-glib-2.so:net/geocode-glib2 \
 		libgweather-4.so:net/libgweather4
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gettext gnome localbase meson pkgconfig \
 		shebangfix tar:xz vala:build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-USE_GNOME=	gtk40 gsound libadwaita
+USE_GNOME=	gtk40 libadwaita gnomedesktop3
 
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.gnome.clocks.gschema.xml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>