diff --git a/apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 82558f706..d5a3ed72b 100644
--- a/apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
       "icons/icon.ico"
     ],
     "linux": {
+      "rpm": {
+        "depends": ["libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)"]
+      },
       "appimage": {
         "bundleMediaFramework": true,
         "files": {
diff --git a/docs/repository-workflows.md b/docs/repository-workflows.md
index 3102e24cd..802f39076 100644
--- a/docs/repository-workflows.md
+++ b/docs/repository-workflows.md
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ macOS 13.4 and iOS 16.0.
 Research Linux packaging builds AppImage and DEB with Tauri, then the RPM from
 the normalized DEB payload. `scripts/ci/sccache-stats.sh` reports compiler-cache
 statistics with the build's own cache configuration.
+The RPM builder preserves explicit `bundle.linux.rpm.depends` from the Tauri
+configuration. WebKitGTK (`webkit2gtk4.1`) is required on Fedora, including KDE;
+package verification rejects RPMs missing that requirement. Install a downloaded
+RPM through Discover or `sudo dnf install ./Maple-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm` so the
+package manager resolves dependencies, rather than using `rpm --nodeps`.
 
 For a side-by-side hosted Dev installation, use
 `nix run --no-update-lock-file .#research-dev-desktop`, not an ordinary Research
diff --git a/scripts/ci/_common.sh b/scripts/ci/_common.sh
index c91ca1620..d08601b14 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/_common.sh
@@ -3828,10 +3828,22 @@ verify_linux_appimage_executable_metadata() {
   return "${status}"
 }
 
+verify_linux_rpm_package_dependencies() {
+  local package="$1"
+  local requires
+
+  requires="$(rpm -qp --requires "${package}")" || return 1
+  if ! grep -Fxq 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)' <<< "${requires}"; then
+    echo "RPM is missing the required libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit) capability: ${package}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
 verify_linux_rpm_package_executable_metadata() {
   local rpm="$1"
   local tmp status
 
+  verify_linux_rpm_package_dependencies "${rpm}" || return 1
   tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
   status=0
   (
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_linux_rpm_packaging.py b/scripts/ci/test_linux_rpm_packaging.py
index 1ac45af51..d437442ca 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/test_linux_rpm_packaging.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_linux_rpm_packaging.py
@@ -167,6 +167,55 @@ def test_built_dev_rpm_declares_the_runtime_capability(self):
         self.assertIn("libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)", requires)
         self.assertNotIn("webkit2gtk4.1", requires)
 
+    def test_rpm_preserves_configured_runtime_dependencies(self):
+        config = json.loads((ROOT / "apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json").read_text())
+        self.assertIn("libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)", config["bundle"]["linux"]["rpm"]["depends"])
+        self.assertNotIn("webkit2gtk4.1", config["bundle"]["linux"]["rpm"]["depends"])
+        (self.tauri / "tauri.conf.json").write_text(json.dumps(config))
+        self.fake_rpmbuild(0)
+        result = self.run_factory()
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+        spec = (self.tauri / "maple.spec").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("Requires: libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)\n", spec)
+
+    def test_rpm_dependency_verification(self):
+        for requires, expected in (
+            ("libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)", 0),
+            ("rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1", 1),
+            ("webkit2gtk4.1", 1),
+            ("libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0", 1),
+            ("libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.0()(64bit)", 1),
+            ("libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0", 1),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(requires=requires):
+                result = self.run_shell(f'''
+rpm() {{ printf '%s\\n' '{requires}'; }}
+verify_linux_rpm_package_dependencies fixture.rpm
+''')
+                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, expected, result.stderr)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(shutil.which("rpmbuild") and shutil.which("rpm"), "RPM tools are unavailable")
+    def test_built_rpm_declares_webkit_dependency(self):
+        config = json.loads((ROOT / "apps/maple-research/frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json").read_text())
+        config["version"] = "1.2.3"
+        (self.tauri / "tauri.conf.json").write_text(json.dumps(config))
+        result = self.run_factory()
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+        requires = subprocess.run(
+            ["rpm", "-qp", "--requires", str(self.rpm)],
+            capture_output=True, text=True, check=True,
+        ).stdout.splitlines()
+        self.assertIn("libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.0()(64bit)", requires)
+        verified = self.run_shell(f'verify_linux_rpm_package_dependencies "{self.rpm}"')
+        self.assertEqual(verified.returncode, 0, verified.stderr)
+
+    def test_rpm_query_failure_is_rejected(self):
+        result = self.run_shell('''
+rpm() { return 19; }
+verify_linux_rpm_package_dependencies fixture.rpm
+''')
+        self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
+
     def test_failed_final_move_is_not_hidden_by_cleanup(self):
         self.fake_rpmbuild(0)
         result = self.run_factory('mv() { return 19; }\n')