diff --git a/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh b/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
index cb39be8a1f..0beff86b51 100755
--- a/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
+++ b/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
@@ -912,7 +912,15 @@ bash "$PROJECT_ROOT/local/scripts/sync-versions.sh" --check || {
 # llvm21 is a Mesa (graphics) dep — only needed when the Mesa chain is in scope.
 echo ">>> Pre-cooking critical packages..."
 if [ "$CONFIG" = "redbear-full" ]; then
-    PRECOOK_PKGS="relibc icu llvm21 mesa libdrm libepoxy redox-drm lcms2 libdisplay-info libxcvt sddm qtbase kwin"
+    # The Qt stack has a strict internal build order (qtbase -> qtshadertools ->
+    # qtdeclarative -> qtsvg -> qtwayland) and downstream consumers (sddm, the
+    # kf6 modules pulled by kwin) do find_package(Qt6Qml)/find_package(Qt6Quick).
+    # If these are only resolved transitively during the parallel `make live`
+    # graph, a consumer can be cooked before qtdeclarative publishes Qt6Qml and
+    # configure fails ("Could not find a package configuration file provided by
+    # Qt6Qml"), aborting the whole build. Pre-cook the Qt stack IN ORDER, before
+    # sddm/kwin, so every Qt6 CMake package is cached in the sysroot first.
+    PRECOOK_PKGS="relibc icu llvm21 mesa libdrm libepoxy redox-drm lcms2 libdisplay-info libxcvt qtbase qtshadertools qtdeclarative qtsvg qtwayland sddm kwin"
 else
     PRECOOK_PKGS="relibc icu"
 fi