diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61f1c85dc891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ pkgs, newScope, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  callPackage = newScope self;
+
+  self = rec {
+
+    # For compiling information, see:
+    # - https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/wiki/Building-from-source  
+
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e27f77ad54c8..95ba61ec87fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16053,6 +16053,8 @@ in
 
     in makeOverridable makePackages extra;
 
+  lxqt = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/lxqt { });
+
   mate = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/mate {
     callPackage = newScope pkgs.mate;
   });