diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 317ed3f73f28..c4e580796d3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ let
         org-gtd = ignoreCompilationError super.org-gtd; # elisp error
 
         # needs newer org than the Eamcs 29.4 builtin one
-        org-link-beautify = addPackageRequires super.org-link-beautify [ self.org ];
+        org-link-beautify = addPackageRequires super.org-link-beautify [ self.org self.qrencode ];
 
         # TODO report to upstream
         org-kindle = addPackageRequires super.org-kindle [ self.dash ];