diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/files/qtbase-6.5.3-xkbcommon160.patch b/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/files/qtbase-6.5.3-xkbcommon160.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc0e0793d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/files/qtbase-6.5.3-xkbcommon160.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+These were removed in libxkbcommon-1.6.0[1] and were apparently
+unnecesary. Usage results in build failure.
+
+Just a quick fix while waiting for what [2] comes up with.
+
+[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xorgproto/-/merge_requests/70
+[2] https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-117950
+--- a/src/gui/platform/unix/qxkbcommon.cpp
++++ b/src/gui/platform/unix/qxkbcommon.cpp
+@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@
+-        Xkb2Qt<XKB_KEY_dead_lowline,            Qt::Key_Dead_Lowline>,
+-        Xkb2Qt<XKB_KEY_dead_aboveverticalline,  Qt::Key_Dead_Aboveverticalline>,
+-        Xkb2Qt<XKB_KEY_dead_belowverticalline,  Qt::Key_Dead_Belowverticalline>,
+-        Xkb2Qt<XKB_KEY_dead_longsolidusoverlay, Qt::Key_Dead_Longsolidusoverlay>,
++        Xkb2Qt<0xfe90,                          Qt::Key_Dead_Lowline>,
++        Xkb2Qt<0xfe91,                          Qt::Key_Dead_Aboveverticalline>,
++        Xkb2Qt<0xfe92,                          Qt::Key_Dead_Belowverticalline>,
++        Xkb2Qt<0xfe93,                          Qt::Key_Dead_Longsolidusoverlay>,
diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/pspec.xml b/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/pspec.xml
index 9cc681674a..2c9cce3a92 100755
--- a/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/qt6/qt6-base/pspec.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
             <Patch level="1">fedora/qtbase-mysql.patch</Patch>
             <Patch level="1">fedora/qtbase-libglvnd.patch</Patch>
             <Patch level="1">fedora/qtbase-gcc11.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">qtbase-6.5.3-xkbcommon160.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>