--- a/components/gnome/gucharmap/Makefile	Wed Oct 26 17:12:19 2016 -0700
+++ b/components/gnome/gucharmap/Makefile	Sun Oct 23 19:57:34 2016 -0700
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@
 CONFIGURE_ENV += PATH="$(GNUBIN):$(PATH)"
 COMPONENT_BUILD_ENV += PATH="$(GNUBIN):$(PATH)"
 
+REQUIRED_PACKAGES += desktop/xdg/desktop-file-utils
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += developer/vala
 # Build time requirement for desktop-file-validate until desktop-file-utils
-# is split out of the control-center package
+# (split out of the control-center package) is installed on all build machines
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += gnome/preferences/control-center
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += gnome/gsettings-desktop-schemas
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/desktop/atk