diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use
index ab113c1927b19..086357d3bf387 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> (2026-07-14)
+# USE=qt6 (the desktop profile default) requires USE=doc for this
+# package, and pkgcheck warns about the unsatisfied REQUIRED_USE unless
+# we enable USE=doc, too. It would be much better to disable USE=qt6,
+# but that does not actually fix the warning due to a bug in
+# pkgcheck. There is a short discussion on bug 977138.
+dev-libs/uriparser doc
+
 # Ian Jordan <immoloism@gmail.com> (2026-06-15)
 # Circular depend on webp and tiff #972473
 # Helps users going from a basic to desktop profile.