diff --git a/desktop/kde/framework/ktexteditor/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/framework/ktexteditor/pspec.xml
index 5422c23294..a45062fc9e 100644
--- a/desktop/kde/framework/ktexteditor/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/framework/ktexteditor/pspec.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">kparts-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libgit2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">kjobwidgets-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">syntax-highlighting-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">extra-cmake-modules</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">ki18n</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">kparts</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">sonnet</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="5.29.0">syntax-highlighting</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="config">/etc</Path>