diff --git a/pkgsel/Console/X.conf b/pkgsel/Console/X.conf
index 2732ea2..03e6833 100644
--- a/pkgsel/Console/X.conf
+++ b/pkgsel/Console/X.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ case "$sdever" in
 			# these were part of x11-modular at 2.1, and we don't want
 			# to enable them there
 			pkgenable xproto xtrans xrandr
+
+			# needed by fdclock
+			pkgenable cairo
 		EOT
 		fi
 		;;