diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
index 36d90604a826..8ae88944dd14 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libgpgerror, gnupg, pkgconfig, glib, pth, libassuan, qt5 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, libgpgerror, gnupg, pkgconfig, glib, pth, libassuan
+, qtbase ? null }:
+
+let inherit (stdenv) lib system; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gpgme-1.9.0";
@@ -8,10 +11,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ssc0gs02r4fasabk7c6v6r865k2j02mpb5g1vkpbmzsigdzwa8v";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5d4f977dac542340c877fdd4b1304fa8f6e058e6";
+      sha256 = "0swpxzd3x3b6h2ry2py9j8l0xp3vdw8rixxhgfavzia5p869qyyx";
+      name = "qgpgme-format-security.patch";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "info" ];
   outputBin = "dev"; # gpgme-config; not so sure about gpgme-tool
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgpgerror glib libassuan pth qt5.qtbase ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ libgpgerror glib libassuan pth ]
+    ++ lib.optional (qtbase != null) qtbase;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gnupg ];
 
@@ -19,11 +32,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-fixed-path=${gnupg}/bin"
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./gpgme_libsuffix.patch ];
-
   # https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gpgme/Largefile-Support-_0028LFS_0029.html
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
-    with stdenv; lib.optional (system == "i686-linux") "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64";
+    lib.optional (system == "i686-linux") "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://gnupg.org/software/gpgme/index.html";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68a1c2d29ea9..153f6c0a7f70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9773,6 +9773,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
     fcitx-qt5 = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/fcitx/fcitx-qt5.nix { };
 
+    qgpgme = callPackage ../development/libraries/gpgme { };
+
     grantlee = callPackage ../development/libraries/grantlee/5.x.nix { };
 
     inherit (callPackage ../development/libraries/kirigami { })