diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cf0e617..cb5c6b2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ Depends:
   cosmic-osd,
   cosmic-settings,
   cosmic-settings-daemon,
+  cosmic-workspaces,
   xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic,
 Description: The session for the COSMIC desktop
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1207196..987f9d9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 	let span = info_span!(parent: None, "cosmic-launcher");
 	start_component("cosmic-launcher", span, &process_manager, &env_vars).await;
 
+	let span = info_span!(parent: None, "cosmic-workspaces");
+	start_component("cosmic-workspaces", span, &process_manager, &env_vars).await;
+
 	let span = info_span!(parent: None, "cosmic-bg");
 	start_component("cosmic-bg", span, &process_manager, &env_vars).await;