diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/lxqt.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/lxqt.nix
index 1bc6c906c47..3c912d72611 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/lxqt.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/lxqt.nix
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ in
     services.gvfs.enable = true;
 
     services.upower.enable = config.powerManagement.enable;
+
+    xdg.portal.enable = true;
+    xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.lxqt.xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt ];
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index 5404c0c7753..c3f996552f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ let
     screengrab = callPackage ./screengrab {};
     qlipper = callPackage ./qlipper {};
     lxqt-archiver = callPackage ./lxqt-archiver {};
+    xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt = callPackage ./xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt {};
 
     preRequisitePackages = [
       libsForQt5.kwindowsystem # provides some QT5 plugins needed by lxqt-panel
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bda71c00e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, mkDerivation
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, kwindowsystem
+, libfm-qt
+, qtx11extras
+, lxqtUpdateScript
+}:
+
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lxqt";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "15wld2p07sbf2i2qv86ljm479q0nr9r65wavmabmn3fkzkz5vlgf";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    kwindowsystem
+    libfm-qt
+    qtx11extras
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = lxqtUpdateScript { inherit pname version src; };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lxqt/xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt";
+    description = "Backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal that is using Qt/KF5/libfm-qt";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+  };
+}