diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
index 4be9cdab..00d99161 100644
--- a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-common/lxqt-common_git.bb
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/lxqt \
 "
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "xinit"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "oxygen qtsvg-plugins"