diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index b690faec..23522300 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ macx:ICON = src/qt/res/icons/bitcoin.icns
 macx:TARGET = "Bitcoin-Qt"
 
 # Set libraries and includes at end, to use platform-defined defaults if not overridden
-INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH $$BDB_INCLUDE_PATH $$OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH
-LIBS += $$join(BOOST_LIB_PATH,,-L,) $$join(BDB_LIB_PATH,,-L,) $$join(OPENSSL_LIB_PATH,,-L,)
+INCLUDEPATH += $$BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH $$BDB_INCLUDE_PATH $$OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH $$QRENCODE_INCLUDE_PATH
+LIBS += $$join(BOOST_LIB_PATH,,-L,) $$join(BDB_LIB_PATH,,-L,) $$join(OPENSSL_LIB_PATH,,-L,) $$join(QRENCODE_LIB_PATH,,-L,)
 LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx$$BDB_LIB_SUFFIX
 # -lgdi32 has to happen after -lcrypto (see  #681)
 windows:LIBS += -lgdi32
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
index a3b93ed0..493b61ca 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ files:
 - "openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz"
 - "db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz"
 - "miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz"
+- "zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz"
+- "libpng-1.5.7.tar.gz"
+- "qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2"
 script: |
   #
   mkdir $HOME/qt
@@ -62,6 +65,23 @@ script: |
   cd ..
   mv miniupnpc-1.6 miniupnpc
   #
+  tar xzf zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz
+  cd zlib-1.2.5
+  make -f win32/Makefile.gcc PREFIX=i586-mingw32msvc- $MAKEOPTS
+  cd ..
+  #
+  tar xzf libpng-1.5.7.tar.gz
+  cd libpng-1.5.7
+  ./configure CC=i586-mingw32msvc-cc AR=i586-mingw32msvc-ar STRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip RANLIB=i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib OBJDUMP=i586-mingw32msvc-objdump LD=i586-mingw32msvc-ld LDFLAGS="-L../zlib-1.2.5/" CFLAGS="-I../zlib-1.2.5/"
+  make $MAKEOPTS
+  cd ..
+  #
+  tar xjf qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2
+  cd qrencode-3.2.0
+  ./configure CC=i586-mingw32msvc-cc AR=i586-mingw32msvc-ar STRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip RANLIB=i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib OBJDUMP=i586-mingw32msvc-objdump LD=i586-mingw32msvc-ld png_LIBS="../libpng-1.5.7/.libs/libpng15.a ../zlib-1.2.5/libz.a" png_CFLAGS="-I../libpng-1.5.7"
+  make $MAKEOPTS
+  cd ..
+  #
   cd bitcoin
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/src
   cp -a . $OUTDIR/src
@@ -71,7 +91,7 @@ script: |
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
-  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross USE_SSL=1 MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e/include INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin
+  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross USE_SSL=1 MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e/include QRENCODE_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0/.libs QRENCODE_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0 USE_QRCODE=1 INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin
   make $MAKEOPTS
   cp release/bitcoin-qt.exe $OUTDIR/
   #
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
index 903a9dc2..8a0ee0e0 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ packages:
 - "libssl-dev"
 - "git-core"
 - "unzip"
-- "qrencode"
+- "libqrencode-dev"
 reference_datetime: "2011-01-30 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ script: |
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS
   install -s bitcoind $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS
   cd ..
-  qmake INCLUDEPATH="$INSTDIR/include" LIBS="-L$INSTDIR/lib" RELEASE=1 USE_SSL=1
+  qmake INCLUDEPATH="$INSTDIR/include" LIBS="-L$INSTDIR/lib" RELEASE=1 USE_SSL=1 USE_QRCODE=1
   make $MAKEOPTS
   install bitcoin-qt $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.txt b/doc/build-unix.txt
index 53893398..e1a1805a 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.txt
+++ b/doc/build-unix.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev
 sudo apt-get install libdb4.8++-dev
  Boost 1.40+: sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
  or Boost 1.37: sudo apt-get install libboost1.37-dev
+sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev
 
 If using Boost 1.37, append -mt to the boost libraries in the makefile.
 
diff --git a/src/makefile.osx b/src/makefile.osx
index cf5ec38d..966829e2 100644
--- a/src/makefile.osx
+++ b/src/makefile.osx
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
-ifdef USE_QRCODE
-	DEFS += -DUSE_QRCODE=$(USE_QRCODE)
-	LIBS += -lqrencode
-endif
-
 all: bitcoind
 
 # auto-generated dependencies: