diff --git a/config/redbear-full.toml b/config/redbear-full.toml
index 7a145dcc65..f2e8ba15f4 100644
--- a/config/redbear-full.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-full.toml
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ libxkbfile = {}
 util-macros = {}
 xcb-util = {}
 xcb-util-image = {}
+xcb-util-wm = {}
+xcb-util-keysyms = {}
 # libice/libsm deliberately NOT included: they are X11 session-management
 # libraries used only by ksmserver, which is inside if(WITH_X11) and is not
 # built. They also need xorg util-macros, which is in no recipe here -- so
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwindowsystem/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwindowsystem/recipe.toml
index 98ea88a21f..ba43cd3bf8 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwindowsystem/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwindowsystem/recipe.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ blake3 = "7d97020c517d228d3ca442d68fb3db899a8b6ae0e5b1f5ccc92701ef691a8ecf"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
+    "libxrender",
+    "libxfixes",
+    "xcb-util-wm",
+    "xcb-util-keysyms",
+    "libxcb",
+    "libx11",
     "qtbase",
     # KWINDOWSYSTEM_QML=ON (below) builds the QML module, whose CMakeLists does
     # find_package(Qt6Qml) via ECMQmlModule. Qt6Qml comes from qtdeclarative, so
@@ -41,6 +47,27 @@ done
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
 
+# KWINDOWSYSTEM_X11 stays OFF -- enabling it needs Qt built with the xcb
+# platform, which this qtbase is not:
+#   src/platforms/xcb/kxerrorhandler_p.h:15: fatal error:
+#   private/qtx11extras_p.h: No such file or directory
+# That header ships only with Qt's X11 support, so turning KWindowSystem X11 on
+# would cascade into rebuilding qtbase with the whole xcb plugin stack. The X11
+# LIBRARIES are still present and linkable (they satisfy find_package(X11) for
+# consumers); what is absent is Qt-level X11 integration. Consumers therefore
+# compile with HAVE_X11=0 -- see plasma-desktop, which forces it explicitly.
+#
+# Original note kept for context:
+# KWINDOWSYSTEM_X11=ON would install netwm.h,
+# KX11Extras, KStartupInfo, KWindowInfo or KSelectionOwner. That was consistent
+# while nothing could find X11 -- but the real X11 stack is now in the sysroot,
+# so consumers' config-X11.h sets HAVE_X11=1 and they legitimately include those
+# headers:
+#   applets/taskmanager/backend.h:16: fatal error: netwm.h (plasma-desktop)
+# Libraries present + KWindowSystem X11 absent is the inconsistent state; this
+# makes the two agree, and lets the per-file gating be removed rather than grown.
+# Needs XCB components XCB/KEYSYMS/RES/ICCCM (source CMakeLists.txt:64): libxcb
+# supplies xcb and xcb-res, xcb-util-keysyms and xcb-util-wm the other two.
 cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DKF_SKIP_PO_PROCESSING=ON \
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/recipes/qt/redox-toolchain.cmake" \
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop/recipe.toml
index ae3c7a4c6f..6e04ba35af 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop/recipe.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ fi
 sed -i 's|if (NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/${XKBDIR}")|if (NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/${XKBDIR}" AND NOT EXISTS "${XKBDIR}")|' \
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/ConfigureChecks.cmake"
 
+# Force HAVE_X11 to 0 even though find_package(X11) succeeds.
+#
+# CMakeLists.txt:211 does `if(X11_FOUND) set(HAVE_X11 1) endif()`. The X11
+# LIBRARIES are now in the sysroot (they are needed: X11 is TYPE REQUIRED here,
+# and libxcb is required unconditionally), so X11_FOUND is true -- but Qt is
+# built without the xcb platform and KWindowSystem without its X11 component,
+# so the X11-only KDE headers do not exist:
+#   applets/taskmanager/backend.h:16: fatal error: netwm.h
+#
+# HAVE_X11=1 asserts "Qt/KDE X11 integration is available", which is false here.
+# Enabling it for real means rebuilding qtbase with the whole xcb plugin stack
+# (kxerrorhandler_p.h needs private/qtx11extras_p.h) -- tracked, not attempted
+# mid-build. Until then the honest value is 0, and the gating script compiles
+# those paths out.
+# Idempotent: after rewriting, the original line no longer matches.
+sed -i 's/^  set(HAVE_X11 1)$/  set(HAVE_X11 0)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt"
+
 python3 "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/gate-kx11extras.py" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
 
 # BUILD_DOC=OFF -- KF6DocTools is REQUIRED when docs are on and is not ported.
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml b/recipes/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml
similarity index 95%
rename from recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml
rename to recipes/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml
index b08b376c1c..9e72836ea3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/x11/xcb-util-keysyms/recipe.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 
 [build]
 dependencies = [
+    "util-macros",
     "libxcb",
 ]
 template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml b/recipes/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml
similarity index 95%
rename from recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml
rename to recipes/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml
index 2f575493e2..b0c4c85cb7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/x11/xcb-util-wm/recipe.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ autotools_recursive_regenerate
 
 [build]
 dependencies = [
+    "util-macros",
     "libxcb",
 ]
 template = "custom"