diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 5a2fd0ba46e..bf124282876 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ in
         ];
         patches = commonPatches;
         configureFlags = [
+          "--enable-kdrive"             # not built by default
           "--enable-xcsecurity"         # enable SECURITY extension
           "--with-default-font-path="   # there were only paths containing "${prefix}",
                                         # and there are no fonts in this package anyway