diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 654a1aa..dd99896 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ variables:
                meson ninja-build gtk-doc glib2-devel
                gettext gettext-devel bzip2 rpmlint rpm-build
                mingw32-filesystem mingw64-filesystem
+               mingw32-gcc mingw64-gcc
 
 before_script:
 - dnf install -y $DEPS_COMMON
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8915170..eac692e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # project definition
 #
 project('spice-protocol',
+        'c',
         version : '0.14.5',
         license : 'BSD',
         meson_version : '>= 0.41.0')