diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
index e154ab8eafe2..b461a3c07864 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, olm, openssl, qtbase, qtmultimedia, qtkeychain }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  isQt6 = lib.versions.major qtbase.version == "6";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libquotient";
   version = "0.8.1.2";
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DQuotient_ENABLE_E2EE=ON"
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_WITH_QT6" isQt6)
   ];
 
   # https://github.com/quotient-im/libQuotient/issues/551
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 2c35624ddb2a..69c331861864 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   liblastfm = libsForQt5.liblastfm; # Added 2020-06-14
   libmongo-client = throw "'libmongo-client' has been removed, upstream gone"; # Added 2023-06-22
   libpulseaudio-vanilla = libpulseaudio; # Added 2022-04-20
+  libquotient = libsForQt5.libquotient; # Added 2023-11-11
   libraw_unstable = throw "'libraw_unstable' has been removed, please use libraw"; # Added 2023-01-30
   librdf = lrdf; # Added 2020-03-22
   libressl_3_5 = throw "'libressl_3_5' has reached end-of-life "; # Added 2023-05-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bfbfaeec30c6..7a47288afcc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4376,8 +4376,6 @@ with pkgs;
     charles4
   ;
 
-  libquotient = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/libquotient { };
-
   quaternion = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/quaternion { };
 
   tensor = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/tensor { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
index 637396511355..8a6bbb710b6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ in (noExtraAttrs (kdeFrameworks // plasmaMobileGear // plasma5 // plasma5.thirdP
 
   libqtav = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqtav { };
 
+  libquotient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libquotient { };
+
   libqaccessibilityclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqaccessibilityclient { };
 
   kpmcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/kpmcore { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/qt6-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/qt6-packages.nix
index 9a883053f477..c5feac2b1489 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/qt6-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/qt6-packages.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
   futuresql = callPackage ../development/libraries/futuresql { };
   kquickimageedit = callPackage ../development/libraries/kquickimageedit { };
   libqaccessibilityclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqaccessibilityclient { };
+  libquotient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libquotient { };
   mlt = pkgs.mlt.override {
     qt = qt6;
   };