diff --git a/config/redbear-full.toml b/config/redbear-full.toml
index 8815c5ccb9..bdbc029ee6 100644
--- a/config/redbear-full.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-full.toml
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ redbear-session-launch = {}
 seatd = {}
 redbear-greeter = {}
 pam-redbear = {}
+# polkit client libraries (libpolkit-gobject-1 / libpolkit-agent-1) + PolkitQt6-1,
+# the KDE authorization stack; decisions are made by the redbear-polkit daemon.
+polkit = {}
+polkit-qt6 = {}
 sddm = {}
 # xwayland = {}  # deferred — see packages[] TODO(xwayland)