diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry-qt b/srcpkgs/pinentry-qt
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ca6c20e3c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pinentry-qt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pinentry
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
index b8ee454f174..1975af7b6e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-rpath --without-libcap --disable-pinentry-gtk
  --enable-pinentry-curses --enable-fallback-curses --enable-pinentry-gtk2
- --enable-pinentry-emacs"
+ --enable-pinentry-emacs --enable-pinentry-qt"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel gtk+-devel libassuan-devel libgpg-error-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel gtk+-devel libassuan-devel libgpg-error-devel qt5-devel"
 short_desc="PIN or passphrase entry dialogs for GnuPG"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/index.html"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=1672c2edc1feb036075b187c0773787b2afd0544f55025c645a71b4c2f79275a
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools"
+fi
+
 pre_build() {
 	sed -e 's,ncursesw/curses.h,curses.h,' -i pinentry/pinentry-curses.c
 }
@@ -23,6 +27,14 @@ post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pinentry
 }
 
+pinentry-qt_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" based on Qt"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-qt
+	}
+}
+
 pinentry-gtk_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" based on GTK+"