diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
index 4c59a26a9d..0c61ad3b72 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ pacman --noconfirm -S --needed \
     mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-pango \
     mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-fribidi \
     mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-gst-plugins-bad \
-    mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-shared-mime-info
+    mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-shared-mime-info \
+    mingw-w64-$MSYS2_ARCH-python-gobject
 
 mkdir -p _ccache
 export CCACHE_BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
diff --git a/testsuite/introspection/meson.build b/testsuite/introspection/meson.build
index 6202fb7446..647150055c 100644
--- a/testsuite/introspection/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/introspection/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+py = import('python').find_installation('python3', modules: ['gi'])
 
 test('api',
      find_program('api.py', dirs: meson.current_source_dir()),