diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 49a4cbcb7956..c79cba377258 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -17325,6 +17325,11 @@
     github = "Mephistophiles";
     githubId = 4850908;
   };
+  Merikei = {
+    name = "Merikei";
+    github = "Merikei";
+    githubId = 73759842;
+  };
   merrkry = {
     email = "merrkry@tsubasa.moe";
     name = "merrkry";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyspread/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyspread/package.nix
index 3e19974c4fe4..b1fb839f95df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyspread/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyspread/package.nix
@@ -1,51 +1,54 @@
 {
   lib,
-  python3,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchPypi,
+  qt6,
+  R,
   copyDesktopItems,
-  libsForQt5,
   makeDesktopItem,
 }:
-
-let
-  inherit (libsForQt5)
-    qtsvg
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-    ;
-in
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
-  format = "setuptools";
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pyspread";
   version = "2.4";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "pyspread";
     inherit (finalAttrs) version;
     hash = "sha256-MZlR2Rap5oMRfCmswg9W//FYFkSEki7eyMNhLoGZgJM=";
   };
 
+  pyproject = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    R
     copyDesktopItems
-    wrapQtAppsHook
+    qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    qtsvg
-  ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt6.qtsvg ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    python-dateutil
-    markdown2
-    matplotlib
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
+    pyqt6
     numpy
-    pyenchant
-    pyqt5
-    setuptools
+    markdown2
+
+    # Optional
+    matplotlib # data visualization
+    pyenchant # spellchecker bindings
+    pip # python package installer
+    python-dateutil # extensions to standard datetime module
+    rpy2 # interface to R
+    plotnine # data visualization
+    openpyxl # r/w Excel 2010 xlsx/xlsm files
+
+    # Optional & not in nixpkgs
+    #py-moneyed # currency & money classes
+    #pycel # compile Excel spreadsheets to Python code
   ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
-  doCheck = false; # it fails miserably with a core dump
-
+  doCheck = true;
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyspread" ];
 
   desktopItems = [
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       icon = "pyspread";
       desktopName = "Pyspread";
       genericName = "Spreadsheet";
-      comment = "A Python-oriented spreadsheet application";
+      comment = "Python-oriented spreadsheet application";
       categories = [
         "Office"
         "Development"
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     })
   ];
 
+  makeWrapperArgs = [ "--set R_HOME ${lib.getLib R}/lib/R" ];
+
   preFixup = ''
     makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3Plus ];
     mainProgram = "pyspread";
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Merikei ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })