diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/namecoin.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/namecoin.nix
index 93f9faf833a..4b8dc5525dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/namecoin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/namecoin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, boost, libevent, autoreconfHook, db4, miniupnpc, eject, pkgconfig, qt4, protobuf, libqrencode, hexdump
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, boost, libevent, autoreconfHook, db4, miniupnpc, eject, pkgconfig, qt4, protobuf, qrencode, hexdump
 , withGui }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ optionals withGui [
     qt4
     protobuf
-    libqrencode
+    qrencode
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
index b8ff73f2cb3..754c4807060 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/faust/faustlive.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, llvm, qt48Full, libqrencode, libmicrohttpd, libjack2, alsaLib, faust, curl
+, llvm, qt48Full, qrencode, libmicrohttpd, libjack2, alsaLib, faust, curl
 , bc, coreutils, which
 }:
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    llvm qt48Full libqrencode libmicrohttpd libjack2 alsaLib faust curl
+    llvm qt48Full qrencode libmicrohttpd libjack2 alsaLib faust curl
     bc coreutils which
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
index 3e6a6ab53f7..939e2e9fc16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , libcap
 , libevent
 , libtool
-, libqrencode
+, qrencode
 , udev
 , libusb
 , makeWrapper
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libtool
     udev
     libusb
-    libqrencode
+    qrencode
 
     qtbase
     qtwebsockets
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
index 7b0e299924c..a0b702fa145 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pwsafe/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, zip, gettext, perl
 , wxGTK31, libXi, libXt, libXtst, xercesc, xextproto
-, libqrencode, libuuid, libyubikey, yubikey-personalization
+, qrencode, libuuid, libyubikey, yubikey-personalization
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig zip ];
   buildInputs = [
-    gettext perl libqrencode libuuid
+    gettext perl qrencode libuuid
     libXi libXt libXtst wxGTK31 xercesc xextproto
     libyubikey yubikey-personalization
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/toxic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/toxic/default.nix
index cbf2dd7d99a..c8cd91f0727 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/toxic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/toxic/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libsodium, ncurses, curl
 , libtoxcore, openal, libvpx, freealut, libconfig, pkgconfig, libopus
-, libqrencode, gdk_pixbuf, libnotify }:
+, qrencode, gdk_pixbuf, libnotify }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "toxic-${version}";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     libtoxcore libsodium ncurses curl gdk_pixbuf libnotify
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isAarch32) [
-    openal libopus libvpx freealut libqrencode
+    openal libopus libvpx freealut qrencode
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libconfig ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index a6deacf7015..574c29f76da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -171338,7 +171338,7 @@ self: {
 
   "qr-imager" = callPackage
     ({ mkDerivation, base, binary, bytestring, cryptonite, directory
-     , haskell-qrencode, hspec, jose-jwt, JuicyPixels, libqrencode
+     , haskell-qrencode, hspec, jose-jwt, JuicyPixels, qrencode
      , microlens, process, split, vector
      }:
      mkDerivation {
@@ -171349,12 +171349,12 @@ self: {
          base binary bytestring cryptonite directory haskell-qrencode
          jose-jwt JuicyPixels microlens process split vector
        ];
-       libraryPkgconfigDepends = [ libqrencode ];
+       libraryPkgconfigDepends = [ qrencode ];
        testHaskellDepends = [ base hspec ];
        description = "Library to generate images";
        license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
        hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
-     }) {inherit (pkgs) libqrencode;};
+     }) {inherit (pkgs) qrencode;};
 
   "qr-repa" = callPackage
     ({ mkDerivation, aeson, base, bytestring, cryptonite, directory
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqrencode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqrencode/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c1844bf281..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqrencode/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig,
-  libtool, SDL2, libpng }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libqrencode-${version}";
-  version = "4.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha1 = "644054a76c8b593acb66a8c8b7dcf1b987c3d0b2";
-    sha256 = "10da4q5pym7pzxcv21w2kc2rxmq7sp1rg58zdklwfr0jjci1nqjv";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool SDL2 libpng ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ SDL2 libpng ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/;
-    description = "A C library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Libqrencode is a C library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol,
-      a kind of 2D symbology that can be scanned by handy terminals
-      such as a mobile phone with CCD.
-    '';
-
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.adolfogc ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qrencode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrencode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cbdf1ffdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrencode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, SDL2, libpng }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "qrencode";
+  version = "4.0.2";
+
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "man" "dev" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "079v3a15ydpr67zdi3xbgvic8n2kxvi0m32dyz8jaik10yffgayv";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 libpng ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-tests"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    pushd tests
+    ./test_basic.sh
+    popd
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/;
+    description = "C library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Libqrencode is a C library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol,
+      a kind of 2D symbology that can be scanned by handy terminals
+      such as a mobile phone with CCD.
+    '';
+
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ adolfogc yegortimoshenko ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/google-authenticator/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/google-authenticator/default.nix
index 4e04c16d70b..8ae5785eea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/google-authenticator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/google-authenticator/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pam ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i "s|libqrencode.so.4|${qrencode}/lib/libqrencode.so.4|" src/google-authenticator.c
+    sed -i "s|libqrencode.so.4|${qrencode.out}/lib/libqrencode.so.4|" src/google-authenticator.c
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/qrencode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/qrencode/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5aed9b4e2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/qrencode/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, pkgconfig }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "qrencode-4.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1d2q5d3v8g3hsi3h5jq4n177bjhf3kawms09immw7p187f6jgjy9";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ libpng ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/;
-    description = "QR code encoder";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yegortimoshenko ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/asc-key-to-qr-code-gif/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/asc-key-to-qr-code-gif/default.nix
index e04b4155748..ca2ea67e788 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/asc-key-to-qr-code-gif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/asc-key-to-qr-code-gif/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, imagemagick, libqrencode
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, imagemagick, qrencode
 , testQR ? false, zbar ? null
 }:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0yrc302a2fhbzryb10718ky4fymfcps3lk67ivis1qab5kbp6z8r";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ imagemagick libqrencode ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional testQR zbar;
+  buildInputs = [ imagemagick qrencode ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional testQR zbar;
   dontBuild = true;
   dontStrip = true;
   dontPatchELF = true;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preInstall = ''
     substituteInPlace asc-to-gif.sh \
       --replace "convert" "${imagemagick}/bin/convert" \
-      --replace "qrencode" "${libqrencode}/bin/qrencode"
+      --replace "qrencode" "${qrencode.bin}/bin/qrencode"
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 51916f3146e..90136f86aca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libjson_rpc_cpp = libjson-rpc-cpp; # added 2017-02-28
   liblapackWithoutAtlas = liblapack; # added 2018-11-05
   libmysql = mysql.connector-c; # added # 2017-12-28, this was a misnomer refering to libmysqlclient
+  libqrencode = qrencode;  # added 2019-01-01
   librecad2 = librecad;  # backwards compatibility alias, added 2015-10
   libsysfs = sysfsutils; # added 2018-04-25
   libtidy = html-tidy;  # added 2014-12-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 992f578c211..a2ca284f18d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3992,8 +3992,6 @@ in
 
   libqmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqmi { };
 
-  libqrencode = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqrencode { };
-
   libmbim = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmbim { };
 
   libmongo-client = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmongo-client { };
@@ -17404,7 +17402,7 @@ in
     java = if stdenv.isLinux then jre else jdk;
   };
 
-  qrencode = callPackage ../tools/graphics/qrencode { };
+  qrencode = callPackage ../development/libraries/qrencode { };
 
   geeqie = callPackage ../applications/graphics/geeqie { };