diff --git a/setup-xorg-base.in b/setup-xorg-base.in
index a9cb65c3065d95aa8f6f4e1a0358c1331e997a05..d96f3ac6158ce0c47998ea641c47b6c8a1538bca 100644
--- a/setup-xorg-base.in
+++ b/setup-xorg-base.in
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 # For every main/ repo, enable corresponding community/ repo
 setup-apkrepos -o
 
-apk add xorg-server xf86-input-libinput eudev mesa-dri-gallium "$@"
+apk add xorg-server xf86-input-libinput xinit eudev mesa-dri-gallium "$@"
 
 setup-devd udev