diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index d4322e95..f5fe85ca 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
 =net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.10 # requires ruby, why?
+=app-text/poppler-0.42.0 # avoid portage warnings (older required by libreoffice-bin)
+>=kde-apps/khelpcenter-5 # too many new qt-packages to install