diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc
index 0c76b993ee..7cf39351e7 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/src/compositor/compositor_api/qwaylandsurfacenod
 # libxkbcommon isn't mandatory with 0001-xcbcommon-should-not-be-a-mandatory-dependency.patch
 # make it easier to remove by .bbappend (e.g. for building qtwayland with danny which doesn't
 # have libxkbcommon in oe-core).
-XKB_DEPENDS = "libxkbcommon"
+XKB_DEPENDS = "libxkbcommon xproto"
 DEPENDS += "qtbase qtdeclarative wayland wayland-native ${XKB_DEPENDS}"
 
 INC_PR = "r1"