diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
index 688e430e56..96c86405e4 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libudev",
     "wayland-protocols",
     "redbear-compositor",
+    "libxkbcommon",
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
index 224eab793c..d069ba23f2 100644
--- a/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "dbus",
     "mesa",
     "openssl3",
+    # Gates QT_FEATURE_xkbcommon. Without it qtbase never installs
+    # QtGui/private/qxkbcommon_p.h, which kwin's inputmethod.cpp includes.
+    "libxkbcommon",
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT