diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
index bb52de44c15d..4f05aa627d64 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
-  mkDerivation,
+  stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
   libkiwix,
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
   qtwebengine,
   qtsvg,
   qtimageformats,
+  wrapQtAppsHook,
   aria2,
 }:
 
-mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kiwix";
   version = "2.4.1";
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     qmake
     pkg-config
+    wrapQtAppsHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f89c99011e65..ca3b7e218e43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12125,7 +12125,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   k4dirstat = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/k4dirstat { };
 
-  kiwix = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/kiwix { };
+  kiwix = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/kiwix { };
 
   kiwix-tools = callPackage ../applications/misc/kiwix/tools.nix { };