diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 8936b3f85aec0ae1ff79723226bed3a401297e71..057afaf13f6a05e7301812e68aa26aae71e48c1f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -4249,6 +4249,8 @@ (define-public libxcb
         ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
         ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
         ("python" ,python-wrapper)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-xkb")))
     (home-page "http://www.x.org/wiki/")
     (synopsis "xorg implementation of the X Window System")
     (description "X.org provides an implementation of the X Window System")