diff --git a/tests/_live_build.pm b/tests/_live_build.pm
index a3f4b7b2..a4c51316 100644
--- a/tests/_live_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_live_build.pm
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ sub run {
     if ($version eq $rawrel) {
         assert_script_run 'echo "repo --name=koji-rawhide --baseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/f' . $version . '-build/latest/\$basearch/" >> ' . $repoks;
     }
+    # FIXME until the next compose after 2023-12-15 to include
+    # https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/920 , we need to
+    # hack the same changes into the kickstart for KDE
+    if ($lcsubv eq "kde" && $version eq $rawrel) {
+        assert_script_run 'printf "%%packages\nakonadi-server\nakonadi-server-mysql\n-kf5-akonadi-server\n-kf5-akonadi-server-mysql\n%%end\n" >> ' . "fedora-live-${lcsubv}.ks";
+    }
     # now flatten the kickstart
     assert_script_run "ksflatten -c fedora-live-${lcsubv}.ks -o openqa.ks";
     # upload the kickstart so we can check it