diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-qt.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-qt.nix
index 8adc271ff8ff..24019041eb19 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-qt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-qt.nix
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     libXdmcp
   ];
 
-  qtWrapperArgs = [ "--prefix" "FCITX_ADDON_DIRS" ":" "${placeholder "out"}/lib/fcitx5" ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fcitx5 Qt Library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5-qt";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/with-addons.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/with-addons.nix
index d2d1e2f992ae..cf8e72f1f70d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/with-addons.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/with-addons.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, symlinkJoin, makeWrapper, fcitx5, fcitx5-configtool, fcitx5-qt, fcitx5-gtk, addons ? [ ] }:
+{ lib
+, symlinkJoin
+, makeWrapper
+, fcitx5
+, fcitx5-configtool
+, fcitx5-qt
+, fcitx5-gtk
+, addons ? [ ]
+}:
 
 symlinkJoin {
   name = "fcitx5-with-addons-${fcitx5.version}";
@@ -14,6 +22,11 @@ symlinkJoin {
       --suffix PATH : "$out/bin" \
       --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath (lib.flatten (map (x: x.extraLdLibraries or []) addons))}
 
+    ${lib.optionalString (fcitx5-configtool != null)''
+      # Configtool call libexec/fcitx5-qt5-gui-wrapper for gui addons in FCITX_ADDON_DIRS
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/fcitx5-config-qt --prefix FCITX_ADDON_DIRS : "$out/lib/fcitx5"
+    ''}
+
     desktop=share/applications/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop
     autostart=etc/xdg/autostart/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop
     rm $out/$desktop