diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kplotting/kplotting.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kplotting/kplotting.bb
index a1c00279..6495b678 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kplotting/kplotting.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kplotting/kplotting.bb
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ PV = "${KF5_VERSION}"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3f405d8c3511d4049f5a93ea66dd0cc8"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f38f65c97d199077c88213bce84c6162ba254c443f06ccfaf62088ff0e217f7b"
 
+DEPENDS += "qttools"
+
 FILES_${PN} += "${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/designer"