diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
index e9663e09c..2659c817b 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
 sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
-# Disable QML module — Qt6Quick not available (needs OpenGL)
-sed -i 's/^include(ECMQmlModule)/#include(ECMQmlModule)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/#    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/' \
+# Build the QML-facing i18n library needed by KNewStuffWidgets. Keep the
+# locale-data QML plugin disabled until its runtime data surface is packaged.
+sed -i 's/^#    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/' \
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 sed -i 's/^    add_subdirectory(localedata-qml)/#    add_subdirectory(localedata-qml)/' \
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-liconv" \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
     -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_WITH_QML=OFF \
+    -DBUILD_WITH_QML=ON \
     -Wno-dev
 
 cmake --build . -j${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/CMakeLists.txt b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/CMakeLists.txt
index d79b80c20..70d006d51 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 include(ECMAddQch)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 include(ECMDeprecationSettings)
-#include(ECMQmlModule)
+include(ECMQmlModule)
 
 
 ecm_setup_version(
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/src/CMakeLists.txt b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bcfcd613..7d0746e3d 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/source/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 add_subdirectory(i18n)
 add_subdirectory(localedata)
 if (TARGET Qt6::Qml)
-#    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)
+    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)
 #    add_subdirectory(localedata-qml)
 endif()