diff --git a/samples/minimal/minimal.bkl b/samples/minimal/minimal.bkl
index fce8a1160c..f06a7386bb 100644
--- a/samples/minimal/minimal.bkl
+++ b/samples/minimal/minimal.bkl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <exe id="minimal" template="wx_sample" template_append="wx_append">
         <sources>minimal.cpp</sources>
         <wx-lib>core</wx-lib>
+        <wx-lib>base</wx-lib>
         <win32-res>minimal.rc</win32-res>
         <mac-res>mondrian.r</mac-res>
     </exe>