diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/default.nix
index 2b7c19ae1710..369cd7e33850 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/default.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ rec {
         inherit tor meek obfs4 snowflake;
         inherit (tor) geoip;
       })
+      ./fix-qrcode-gui.patch
     ];
 
     disable = !isPy3k;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/fix-qrcode-gui.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/fix-qrcode-gui.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97ee3817ab68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/onionshare/fix-qrcode-gui.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git desktop/onionshare/widgets.py desktop/onionshare/widgets.py
+index 64a07703..bca974fb 100644
+--- desktop/onionshare/widgets.py
++++ desktop/onionshare/widgets.py
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Image(qrcode.image.base.BaseImage):
+     A custom Image class, for use with the QR Code pixmap.
+     """
+ 
+-    def __init__(self, border, width, box_size):
++    def __init__(self, border, width, box_size, *args, **kargs):
+         self.border = border
+         self.width = width
+         self.box_size = box_size
+