diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/all_dependencies.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/all_dependencies.py
index feabe5a..a33bb64 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/all_dependencies.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/all_dependencies.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ class AllBaseDependencies(Dependency):
         @classmethod
         def get_dependencies(cls, platformInfo, allDeps):
             base_deps = ['zlib', 'lzma', 'zstd', 'xapian-core', 'pugixml', 'libcurl', 'icu4c', 'mustache', 'libmicrohttpd', 'zim-testing-suite']
-            # zimtools
-            # We do not build zimtools at all on "android" and "iOS"
+            # Add specific dependencies depending of the platform
             if platformInfo.build not in ('android', 'iOS'):
+                # For zimtools
                 base_deps += ['docoptcpp']
+                # For kiwix-desktop
+                base_deps += ['aria2']
                 if platformInfo.build != 'win32':
                     # zimwriterfs
                     base_deps += ['libmagic', 'gumbo']