diff --git a/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index b6fb55a3e99..63c7764f75d 100644
--- a/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ in
         xorg.setxkbmap
         xorg.iceauth # required for KDE applications (it's called by dcopserver)
         xorg.xsetroot
+        xorg.xprop
       ]
       ++ optional (videoDriver == "nvidia") kernelPackages.nvidia_x11;