diff --git a/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn b/frameworks/ets/ani/application/BUILD.gn
index a2a04ed9d072e30469d1c27bc7a1001e648c305d..2b7983a562f9e99779b78cf54a38e041e44d74c7 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",
     "ipc:ipc_core",
     "json:nlohmann_json_static",