diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kpimtextedit/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/applications/kpimtextedit/pspec.xml
index 585b5d688b..0b0b66400f 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/applications/kpimtextedit/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kpimtextedit/pspec.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>ktextwidgets-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency release="current">kpimtextedit</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>syntax-highlighting-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="6.10.1">qt6-base-devel</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>