diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8db33bc5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt5 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lxqt-build-tools-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lxde";
+    repo = "lxqt-build-tools";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1awd70ifbbi67pklhldjw968c1fw1lcif9nh4qbrjqmlg1gn3kmv";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake qt5.qtbase ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Various packaging tools and scripts for LXQt applications";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lxde/lxqt-build-tools;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index d5f5194c48e..3cd8fdf2212 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ let
 
     ### BASE
     libqtxdg = callPackage ./base/libqtxdg { };
+    lxqt-build-tools = callPackage ./base/lxqt-build-tools { };
     libsysstat = callPackage ./base/libsysstat { };
     liblxqt = callPackage ./base/liblxqt { };