diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f28eac..7238c1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -179,3 +179,4 @@ gnome-desktop-2.90.4.tar.bz2
 /gnome-desktop-40.2.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-40.3.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-40.4.tar.xz
+/qrcodegen.tar.gz
diff --git a/gnome-desktop3.spec b/gnome-desktop3.spec
index 6c7611a..0d429a4 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop3.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop3.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source4: eog-defaults.list
 # Generated with:
 # for i in `grep MimeType= /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Evince.desktop | sed 's/MimeType=//' | sed 's/;/ /g'` ; do echo $i=org.gnome.Evince.desktop\; >> evince-defaults.list ; done
 Source5: evince-defaults.list
+Source6: qrcodegen.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ the functionality of the installed %{name} package.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n gnome-desktop-%{tarball_version}
 
+# Extract qrcodegen and set it up as a subproject
+# since wrap-based subprojects are disabled
+mkdir -p subprojects
+tar xf %{SOURCE6} -C subprojects/
+
 %build
 %meson -Dgtk_doc=true -Dinstalled_tests=true
 %meson_build
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 798e5e4..5bb9304 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (gnome-desktop-40.4.tar.xz) = 4e91438c17faa2d12e7d6a9914fe4308543bbd5f8821e94dee9052f087110e2a3776109c203de6ef7bf66ae1825fc5e890d969ce2ebab2654cc157e9629fe6fc
+SHA512 (qrcodegen.tar.gz) = fa85c79c3543dc3b3b9102efe4c8198a18910832562d5f9a516b0e8624088f1a072963e6ceada3469ff755b83d631ff4362dfd903ea4c315f9df6c2176e9eafe