diff --git a/frameworks/fontmgr/fontmgr.gni b/frameworks/fontmgr/fontmgr.gni
index 25194f6ea2023486ce1359780d354b3c1621552d..90cf03d8bda443cec74054c8b9e48780056ff71a 100644
--- a/frameworks/fontmgr/fontmgr.gni
+++ b/frameworks/fontmgr/fontmgr.gni
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ fontmgr_src = [
 
 fontmgr_external_deps = [
     "ability_base:want",
+	"c_utils:utils",
     "cJSON:cjson",
     "common_event_service:cesfwk_innerkits",
     "hilog:libhilog",