diff --git a/local/patches/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch b/local/patches/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65ff0f838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/tools/qtwaylandscanner/qtwaylandscanner.cpp
++++ b/src/tools/qtwaylandscanner/qtwaylandscanner.cpp
+@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ bool Scanner::process()
+ 
+                 printf("    void %s::init_listener()\n", interfaceName);
+                 printf("    {\n");
+-                printf("        %s_add_listener(m_%s, &m_%s_listener, this);\n", interfaceName, interfaceName, interfaceName);
++                printf("        if (m_%s) %s_add_listener(m_%s, &m_%s_listener, this);\n", interfaceName, interfaceName, interfaceName, interfaceName);
+                 printf("    }\n");
+             }
+         }
diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..ac28707a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../local/patches/qtbase/qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
index a214c1c56..47366fd91 100644
--- a/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtbase/recipe.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 # Redox platform detection and syscall adaptations in redox.patch
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.8/6.8.2/submodules/qtbase-everywhere-src-6.8.2.tar.xz"
-patches = []
+patches = [
+    "qtwaylandscanner-null-guard-listeners.patch",
+]
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ done
 # ============================================================
 HOST_BUILD="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/build/qt-host-build"
 HOST_QTBASE_BUILD="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/build/qtbase-host-build"
-HOST_PROFILE="qtbase-host-6.11.0-gui-xml-wayland-qdbus-host"
+HOST_PROFILE="qtbase-host-6.11.0-gui-xml-wayland-qdbus-host-listener-guard"
 HOST_STAMP="${HOST_BUILD}/.redbear-host-profile"
 HOST_PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl"
 python - <<'PY'