diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/plasma/package.use b/profiles/targets/desktop/plasma/package.use
index 80a3f689e8391..dd31eb6e9f740 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/plasma/package.use
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/plasma/package.use
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ dev-libs/libpcre pcre16
 # Required by media-gfx/graphviz which is required by kde-apps/kcachegrind
 media-libs/gd fontconfig
 
+# Required by kde-apps/kate[addons]
+dev-libs/libgit2 threads
+
 # Required by kde-apps/ktp-text-ui
 kde-apps/ktp-common-internals otr