diff --git a/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/README.md b/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/README.md
index cb70baa55cb..c8817e84d38 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/README.md
+++ b/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/README.md
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ on Windows in MinGW64 console, if you do
 not have MSYS2-MinGW64 installed - install it first as described in http://www.msys2.org
 
     pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
+    pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-harfbuzz
diff --git a/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/build.gradle.kts b/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/build.gradle.kts
index 4f2c0aaab29..4b5df719236 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kotlin-native/samples/gtk/build.gradle.kts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ kotlin {
                             "include/pango-1.0",
                             "include/gtk-3.0",
                             "include/glib-2.0",
+                            "include/harfbuzz",
                             "lib/glib-2.0/include"
                         ).forEach {
                             includeDirs(mingwPath.resolve(it))