diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/files/Fix-invalid-conversion-from-xmlError.patch b/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/files/Fix-invalid-conversion-from-xmlError.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ede8a55e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/files/Fix-invalid-conversion-from-xmlError.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Fix invalid conversion from xmlError
+
+src/obconf-qt.cpp: In function 'int main(int, char**)':
+src/obconf-qt.cpp:233:36: error: invalid conversion from 'const xmlError*' {aka 'const _xmlError*'} to 'xmlErrorPtr' {aka '_xmlError*'} [-fpermissive]
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport[https://github.com/lxqt/obconf-qt/commit/9fc5e566ea6559c27238c9dd5ae914b767f6c251]
+
+Signed-off-by: Rob Woolley <rob.woolley@windriver.com>
+
+From 9fc5e566ea6559c27238c9dd5ae914b767f6c251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tsu Jan <tsujan2000@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:28:24 +0330
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixed compilation
+
+Fixes https://github.com/lxqt/obconf-qt/issues/224
+---
+ CHANGELOG         | 4 ++++
+ CMakeLists.txt    | 2 +-
+ src/obconf-qt.cpp | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/obconf-qt.cpp b/src/obconf-qt.cpp
+index e07c236..0d5b442 100644
+--- a/src/obconf-qt.cpp
++++ b/src/obconf-qt.cpp
+@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+ 
+   /* look for parsing errors */
+   {
+-    xmlErrorPtr e = xmlGetLastError();
++    const xmlError *e = xmlGetLastError();
+ 
+     if(e) {
+       QString message = QObject::tr("Error while parsing the Openbox configuration file.  Your configuration file is not valid XML.\n\nMessage: %1")
diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/obconf-qt.bb b/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/obconf-qt.bb
index 523f63bd9..d5b8e7422 100644
--- a/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/obconf-qt.bb
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/obconf-qt/obconf-qt.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ inherit lxqt qt5-translation pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS += "qtx11extras openbox"
 
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-finding-sed-does-not-work-and-is-not-neccessary.patch"
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-finding-sed-does-not-work-and-is-not-neccessary.patch \
+            file://Fix-invalid-conversion-from-xmlError.patch"
 SRCREV = "b8d486b8be0e66570a80489c3e9084ce143ffa42"
 PV = "0.16.2"