diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
index 7e59defa4f05..cb42d9d3ce0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   pkgsBuildTarget,
   pkgsBuildBuild,
 
+  expat,
   libxdamage,
   libxcomposite,
   xrandr,
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ qtModule (
       harfbuzz
       icu
 
+      expat
       libevent
       ffmpeg_7
     ]