diff --git a/package/kbd/0001-libkbdfile-fix-zlib-build.patch b/package/kbd/0001-libkbdfile-fix-zlib-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1324d0b53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kbd/0001-libkbdfile-fix-zlib-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 488872421ef38215d2797f78497eb559d8eec32a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20=C4=8Cerm=C3=A1k?= <sairon@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 16:45:36 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] libkbdfile: fix zlib build
+
+Upstream: https://github.com/legionus/kbd/commit/2f9a4e56c2ef245fbe840677aad9d5932e17f50d
+
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
+---
+ src/libkbdfile/elf-note.h | 5 +----
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/libkbdfile/elf-note.h b/src/libkbdfile/elf-note.h
+index a0fd9e2..d3b8d5c 100644
+--- a/src/libkbdfile/elf-note.h
++++ b/src/libkbdfile/elf-note.h
+@@ -26,14 +26,11 @@ int dlsym_many(void **dlp, const char *filename, ...);
+  */
+ #define DLSYM_ARG(symbol__) &sym_##symbol__, STRINGIFY(symbol__),
+ 
+-/* For symbols being dynamically loaded */
+-#define DECLARE_DLSYM(symbol) static typeof(symbol) *sym_##symbol
+-
+ /*
+  * Helper defines, to be done locally before including this header to switch between
+  * implementations
+  */
+-#define DECLARE_SYM(sym__) DECLARE_DLSYM(sym__);
++#define DECLARE_SYM(sym__) static typeof(sym__) *sym_##sym__;
+ 
+ /*
+  * Originally from systemd codebase.
+-- 
+2.47.3
+
diff --git a/package/kbd/kbd.mk b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
index 8008a9b3be..34401075ce 100644
--- a/package/kbd/kbd.mk
+++ b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,35 @@ KBD_CONF_OPTS = \
 KBD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	host-pkgconf
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),y)
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --with-bzip2
+KBD_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2
+else
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --without-bzip2
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --with-lzma
+KBD_DEPENDENCIES += xz
+else
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --without-lzma
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
+KBD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+else
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --with-zstd
+KBD_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
+else
+KBD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zstd
+endif
+
 KBD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 KBD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING CREDITS