diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.12/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.12/default.nix
index 01b65eb3e43a..a3664ae9e055 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.12/default.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ let
     qtlocation = [ ./qtlocation-gcc-9.patch ];
     qtscript = [ ./qtscript.patch ];
     qtserialport = [ ./qtserialport.patch ];
+    qtwayland = [
+      # NixOS-specific, ensure that app_id is correctly determined for
+      # wrapped executables from `wrapQtAppsHook` (see comment in patch for further
+      # context).  Beware: shared among different Qt5 versions.
+      ../modules/qtwayland-app_id.patch
+    ];
     qtwebengine = [
       # glibc 2.34 compat
       (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.14/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.14/default.nix
index 5a3bf205fbce..15c85961adcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.14/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.14/default.nix
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ let
       ./qtwebkit-darwin-no-qos-classes.patch
     ];
     qttools = [ ./qttools.patch ];
-    qtwayland = [ ./qtwayland-libdrm-build.patch ];
+    qtwayland = [
+      ./qtwayland-libdrm-build.patch
+      # NixOS-specific, ensure that app_id is correctly determined for
+      # wrapped executables from `wrapQtAppsHook` (see comment in patch for further
+      # context).  Beware: shared among different Qt5 versions.
+      ../modules/qtwayland-app_id.patch
+    ];
   };
 
   addPackages = self: with self;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
index 5943a80a701e..946c196f4a2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ let
       ./qtwebengine-darwin-no-platform-check.patch
       ./qtwebengine-mac-dont-set-dsymutil-path.patch
     ];
+    qtwayland = [
+      # NixOS-specific, ensure that app_id is correctly determined for
+      # wrapped executables from `wrapQtAppsHook` (see comment in patch for further
+      # context).  Beware: shared among different Qt5 versions.
+      ../modules/qtwayland-app_id.patch
+    ];
     qtwebkit = [
       (fetchpatch {
         name = "qtwebkit-bison-3.7-build.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwayland.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwayland.nix
index edb15b0b48b1..1bd1adedaf04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwayland.nix
@@ -6,10 +6,4 @@ qtModule {
   buildInputs = [ wayland ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
-  patches = [
-    # NixOS-specific, ensure that app_id is correctly determined for
-    # wrapped executables from `wrapQtAppsHook` (see comment in patch for further
-    # context).
-    ./qtwayland-app_id.patch
-  ];
 }