diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-dbus-services/source/session-services/org.kde.kded6.service b/local/recipes/system/redbear-dbus-services/source/session-services/org.kde.kded6.service
index 77d8b5736..545d617e8 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-dbus-services/source/session-services/org.kde.kded6.service
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-dbus-services/source/session-services/org.kde.kded6.service
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=org.kde.kded6
-Exec=/usr/bin/kded6
+# Use 'env' to set QT_QPA_PLATFORM — the Environment= key may not be
+# supported by all D-Bus daemons. kded6 is headless; offscreen prevents
+# the Qt6 Wayland QPA crash (page fault at null+8 during wl_registry init).
+Exec=/usr/bin/env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen /usr/bin/kded6