diff --git a/pkgs/data/themes/graphite-kde-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/themes/graphite-kde-theme/default.nix
index 4ffcc318357f..a50c5908491e 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/themes/graphite-kde-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/themes/graphite-kde-theme/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, kdeclarative
+, plasma-framework
+, plasma-workspace
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,6 +17,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-iQGT2x0wY2EIuYw/a1MB8rT9BxiqWrOyBo6EGIJwsFw=";
   };
 
+  # Propagate sddm theme dependencies to user env otherwise sddm does
+  # not find them. Putting them in buildInputs is not enough.
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [
+    kdeclarative.bin
+    plasma-framework
+    plasma-workspace
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs install.sh
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 546e6a6e66d8..3cee478d2772 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29374,7 +29374,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   graphite-gtk-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/graphite-gtk-theme { };
 
-  graphite-kde-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/graphite-kde-theme { };
+  graphite-kde-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/graphite-kde-theme {
+    inherit (libsForQt5) kdeclarative plasma-framework plasma-workspace;
+  };
 
   greybird = callPackage ../data/themes/greybird { };