diff --git a/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn b/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn
index b9be6b35a2faf9c07f2a6a0c36e4706bbf3d79e9..2ec039ad551f095c4e8ad65452c14ae16dc4b57d 100644
--- a/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn
+++ b/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ohos_shared_library("application_ani") {
   external_deps = [
     "ability_base:configuration",
     "bundle_framework:appexecfwk_core",
+    "c_utils:utils",
     "hilog:libhilog",
     "json:nlohmann_json_static",
     "ipc:ipc_core",