diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index e2097fd4..933f4a70 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ OBJECTS_DIR = build
 MOC_DIR = build
 UI_DIR = build
 
-# use: qmake "USE_QRCODE=1"
-# libqrencode (http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.en.html) must be installed for support
-contains(USE_QRCODE, 1) {
-    message(Building with QRCode support)
-    DEFINES += USE_QRCODE
-    LIBS += -lqrencode
-}
-
 # use: qmake "RELEASE=1"
 contains(RELEASE, 1) {
     # Mac: compile for maximum compatibility (10.5, 32-bit)
@@ -38,6 +30,14 @@ contains(RELEASE, 1) {
     }
 }
 
+# use: qmake "USE_QRCODE=1"
+# libqrencode (http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.en.html) must be installed for support
+contains(USE_QRCODE, 1) {
+    message(Building with QRCode support)
+    DEFINES += USE_QRCODE
+    LIBS += -lqrencode
+}
+
 # use: qmake "USE_UPNP=1" ( enabled by default; default)
 #  or: qmake "USE_UPNP=0" (disabled by default)
 #  or: qmake "USE_UPNP=-" (not supported)
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index c41664ca..745fd71e 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper,
  libboost-thread-dev (>> 1.35) | libboost-thread1.35-dev,
  libboost-test-dev (>> 1.35) | libboost-test1.35-dev,
  qt4-qmake,
- libqt4-dev
+ libqt4-dev,
+ libqrencode-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: http://www.bitcoin.org/
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
diff --git a/contrib/debian/rules b/contrib/debian/rules
index a1d65652..6d6f119b 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/debian/rules
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 	cd src; $(MAKE) -f makefile.unix clean
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	qmake bitcoin-qt.pro
+	qmake bitcoin-qt.pro USE_SSL=1 USE_QRCODE=1
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	cd src; $(MAKE) -f makefile.unix test_bitcoin
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
index 4485f365..0107b306 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
@@ -59,5 +59,3 @@ script: |
   cd ..
   #
   tar cjvpf "$OUTDIR/bitcoin-deps-0.0.1.tbz2" "$HOME/build"
-
-
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
index 8a0ee0e0..086e0974 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ packages:
 - "libssl-dev"
 - "git-core"
 - "unzip"
-- "libqrencode-dev"
+- "pkg-config"
+- "libpng12-dev"
 reference_datetime: "2011-01-30 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
   "dir": "bitcoin"
 files:
 - "miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz"
+- "qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2"
 script: |
   INSTDIR="$HOME/install"
   export LIBRARY_PATH="$INSTDIR/lib"
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ script: |
   INSTALLPREFIX=$INSTDIR make $MAKEOPTS install
   cd ..
   #
+  tar xjf qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2
+  cd qrencode-3.2.0
+  ./configure --prefix=$INSTDIR --enable-static --disable-shared
+  make $MAKEOPTS install
+  cd ..
+  #
   cd bitcoin
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/src
   cp -a . $OUTDIR/src