diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-sudo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad0885917ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/lxqt-sudo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt5, kde5, lxqt, sudo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "lxqt-sudo";
+  version = "0.11.0";
+
+  srcs = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lxde";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0nmn0j5qvqpkhlq8yvl8ycn3hijbnwxd32hhmxhcnaq07cmzbg1j";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    qt5.qtbase
+    qt5.qttools
+    qt5.qtx11extras
+    qt5.qtsvg
+    kde5.kwindowsystem
+    lxqt.liblxqt
+    lxqt.libqtxdg
+    sudo
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DPULL_TRANSLATIONS=NO" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GUI frontend for sudo/su";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lxde/lxqt-sudo;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index 24ff415c293..2649f24fd43 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ let
     lxqt-powermanagement = callPackage ./core/lxqt-powermanagement { };
     lxqt-qtplugin = callPackage ./core/lxqt-qtplugin { };
     lxqt-session = callPackage ./core/lxqt-session { };
+    lxqt-sudo = callPackage ./core/lxqt-sudo { };
 
 in self