diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index 293c7413..a76690f6 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -1897,6 +1897,7 @@ static const ExportData default_exports[] = {
   {"GST_PTP_HELPER_1_0", NULL},
   {"GST_INSTALL_PLUGINS_HELPER", NULL},
   {"KRB5CCNAME", NULL},
+  {"XKB_CONFIG_ROOT", NULL},
 };
 
 static const ExportData no_ld_so_cache_exports[] = {
diff --git a/doc/flatpak-run.xml b/doc/flatpak-run.xml
index 215dd900..0814b2b6 100644
--- a/doc/flatpak-run.xml
+++ b/doc/flatpak-run.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
             <member>PERL5LIB</member>
             <member>XCURSOR_PATH</member>
             <member>KRB5CCNAME</member>
+            <member>XKB_CONFIG_ROOT</member>
         </simplelist>
         <para>
             Also several environment variables with the prefix "GST_" that are used by gstreamer