diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 7a9cc7038bf5..f963b626fa6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1385,6 +1385,13 @@ let
 
         org-trello = ignoreCompilationError super.org-trello; # elisp error
 
+        # Requires xwidgets compiled into emacs, so mark this package
+        # as broken if emacs hasn't been compiled with the flag.
+        org-xlatex =
+          if self.emacs.withXwidgets
+          then super.org-xlatex
+          else markBroken super.org-xlatex;
+
         # Optimizer error: too much on the stack
         orgnav = ignoreCompilationError super.orgnav;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index e7fe2ccac658..7bae78f35e70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru = {
     inherit withNativeCompilation;
     inherit withTreeSitter;
+    inherit withXwidgets;
     pkgs = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesFor finalAttrs.finalPackage);
     tests = { inherit (nixosTests) emacs-daemon; };
   };