diff --git a/.gn b/.gn
index 7849e32fe9..d391a53f83 100644
--- a/.gn
+++ b/.gn
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ check_targets = [
   "//webrtc/modules/audio_mixer/*",
   "//webrtc/modules/audio_processing/*",
   "//webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/*",
+  "//webrtc/modules/media_file/*",
   "//webrtc/modules/video_capture/*",
   "//webrtc/modules/video_coding/*",
   "//webrtc/stats:rtc_stats",
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/media_file/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/modules/media_file/BUILD.gn
index 37e966ddc2..f4e93c9034 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/media_file/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/modules/media_file/BUILD.gn
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ rtc_static_library("media_file") {
 
   deps = [
     "../..:webrtc_common",
+    "../../base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../../common_audio",
     "../../system_wrappers",
   ]