diff --git a/gnu/packages/mate.scm b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
index 0b668b4224864bbcb0b93045c2da3081929c9868..15aeab05eef09a22a3bf325a047cba8d00b94a56 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mate.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ (define-public mate-applets
        ("glib" ,glib)
        ("gucharmap" ,gucharmap)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
-       ("gtksourceview" ,gtksourceview)
+       ("gtksourceview" ,gtksourceview-3)
        ("libgtop" ,libgtop)
        ("libmateweather" ,libmateweather)
        ("libnotify" ,libnotify)