diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/libsysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/libsysstat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..363b3d33d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/base/libsysstat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt5 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libsysstat-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lxde";
+    repo = "libsysstat";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1swpnz37daj3njkbqddmhaiipfl335c3g675y9afhabg7l4anf1n";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt5.qtbase ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library used to query system info and statistics";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lxde/libsysstat;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index 9f2710ab823..52a6d7c87aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ let
 
     ### BASE
     libqtxdg = callPackage ./base/libqtxdg { };
+    libsysstat = callPackage ./base/libsysstat { };
 
 in self