diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier2/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb
similarity index 81%
rename from recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb
rename to recipes-kde/kf5/tier2/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb
index 99062361..1ea7cdc4 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier2/kimageformats/kimageformats.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
 
 inherit kde-kf5
 
-DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "x11", "qtx11extras", "", d)}"
+DEPENDS += " \
+    karchive \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "x11", "qtx11extras", "", d)} \
+"
 
 PV = "${KF5_VERSION}"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "72be30ed58c068675af34fc3d6430ad0"