diff --git a/nix/pkgs/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/default.nix
index b2d2824bb3..8f2280e86e 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -81,4 +81,5 @@
   faup1090 = pkgs.callPackage ./piaware/faup1090.nix { };
   fr24feed = pkgs.callPackage ./fr24feed { };
 
+  qrca = pkgs.libsForQt5.callPackage ./qrca { };
 } // (import ./heptapod-runner args)
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/qrca/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/qrca/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7beb65118f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/pkgs/qrca/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{ lib
+, mkDerivation
+, fetchFromGitLab
+
+, cmake
+, extra-cmake-modules
+
+, kconfig
+, kcoreaddons
+, kcontacts
+, knotifications
+, prison
+, kpurpose
+, kservice
+, kio
+, ki18n
+, kirigami-addons
+, kirigami2
+, networkmanager-qt
+, qtquickcontrols2
+, qtmultimedia
+, syndication
+, gst_all_1
+}:
+
+let
+  pluginPath = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" (with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad ]);
+in
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "qrca";
+  version = "unstable-2023-01-01";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "plasma-mobile";
+    repo = "qrca";
+    rev = "8e01967f273b1d5b68105b22de5086e15e1afe90";
+    domain = "invent.kde.org";
+    sha256 = "0bz07ij80khf5qqm3aja0kz7yjlnzf0887glhsiyz9yz8iw3ak2d";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    extra-cmake-modules
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    kcontacts
+    ki18n
+    kirigami-addons
+    kirigami2
+    knotifications
+    kpurpose
+    kservice
+    kio
+    networkmanager-qt
+    prison
+    qtmultimedia
+    qtquickcontrols2
+  ];
+
+  qtWrapperArgs = [ "--prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : ${pluginPath}" ];
+}
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/prison-zxing.patch b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/prison-zxing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..393a21056b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/prison-zxing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
+--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
++++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
+@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
+   mkDerivation,
+   extra-cmake-modules,
+   libdmtx, qrencode, qtbase,
++  qtmultimedia, zxing-cpp,
+ }:
+ 
+ mkDerivation {
+   pname = "prison";
+   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
+-  buildInputs = [ libdmtx qrencode ];
+-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
++  buildInputs = [ libdmtx qrencode zxing-cpp ];
++  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase qtmultimedia ];
+   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+ }
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
index f9f8fb3946..387570bcc4 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 kubo-multiaddr.patch
+prison-zxing.patch
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
index c2063e22bb..34d90f5ec3 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/prison.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
   mkDerivation,
   extra-cmake-modules,
   libdmtx, qrencode, qtbase,
+  qtmultimedia, zxing-cpp,
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "prison";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
-  buildInputs = [ libdmtx qrencode ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
+  buildInputs = [ libdmtx qrencode zxing-cpp ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase qtmultimedia ];
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 }