diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 8916191b2f53..a8cf07488077 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ dist_zip("electron_mksnapshot_zip") {
 }
 
 group("electron") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":electron_app",
   ]
 }