diff --git a/roles/dwm/tasks/polybar.yml b/roles/dwm/tasks/polybar.yml
index 846c5b2..3f0307c 100644
--- a/roles/dwm/tasks/polybar.yml
+++ b/roles/dwm/tasks/polybar.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       - python3-xcbgen
       - python3-sphinx
       - libjsoncpp-dev
+      - libuv1-dev
 
 - name: "polybar: create src dir"
   file: