diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra-html5/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra-html5/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3150f3479982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra-html5/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  python3,
+  uglify-js,
+  gitUpdater,
+}:
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  name = "xpra-html5";
+  version = "17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Xpra-org";
+    repo = "xpra-html5";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-SwP7NazsiUyDD4LUziCwN0X9GTQVq0lYM2jXqNaXLEA=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    python3
+    uglify-js
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    python $src/setup.py install $out /share/xpra/www /share/xpra/www
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://xpra.org/";
+    downloadPage = "https://xpra.org/src/";
+    description = "HTML5 client for Xpra";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra-html5/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      catern
+      lucasew
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
index 43801251492e..3f2ab18d5fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   pam,
   pandoc,
   pango,
-  pulseaudio,
+  pulseaudioFull,
   python3,
   stdenv,
   util-linux,
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
   xorgserver,
   xxHash,
   clang,
+  withHtml ? true,
+  xpra-html5,
 }@args:
 
 let
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Xpra-org";
     repo = "xpra";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-XY8NZhWCRLjpgq0dOClzftvMR7g/X64b+OYyjOGC/lM=";
   };
 
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
             xauth
             which
             util-linux
-            pulseaudio
+            pulseaudioFull
           ]
         }
     ''
@@ -256,16 +258,20 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
       )
     '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    # append module paths to xorg.conf
-    cat ${xorgModulePaths} >> $out/etc/xpra/xorg.conf
-    cat ${xorgModulePaths} >> $out/etc/xpra/xorg-uinput.conf
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      # append module paths to xorg.conf
+      cat ${xorgModulePaths} >> $out/etc/xpra/xorg.conf
+      cat ${xorgModulePaths} >> $out/etc/xpra/xorg-uinput.conf
 
-    # make application icon visible to desktop environemnts
-    icon_dir="$out/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps"
-    mkdir -p "$icon_dir"
-    ln -sr "$out/share/icons/xpra.png" "$icon_dir"
-  '';
+      # make application icon visible to desktop environemnts
+      icon_dir="$out/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps"
+      mkdir -p "$icon_dir"
+      ln -sr "$out/share/icons/xpra.png" "$icon_dir"
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString withHtml ''
+      ln -s ${xpra-html5}/share/xpra/www $out/share/xpra/www;
+    '';
 
   doCheck = false;
 
@@ -276,17 +282,18 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     updateScript = ./update.sh;
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://xpra.org/";
     downloadPage = "https://xpra.org/src/";
     description = "Persistent remote applications for X";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       offline
       numinit
       mvnetbiz
+      lucasew
     ];
   };
 }