diff --git a/pkgs/games/chessx/default.nix b/pkgs/games/chessx/default.nix
index c8d23fcc9de6..e4ec4dffa1db 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/chessx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/chessx/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,41 @@
-{ stdenv, pkgconfig, zlib, qtbase, qtsvg, qttools, qtmultimedia, qmake, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, pkgconfig, zlib, qtbase, qtsvg, qttools, qtmultimedia, qmake, fetchurl, makeWrapper
+, lib
+}:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "chessx-${version}";
   version = "1.4.6";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/chessx/chessx-${version}.tgz";
     sha256 = "1vb838byzmnyglm9mq3khh3kddb9g4g111cybxjzalxxlc81k5dd";
   };
+
   buildInputs = [
-   qtbase
-   qtsvg
-   qttools
-   qtmultimedia
-   zlib
+    qtbase
+    qtsvg
+    qttools
+    qtmultimedia
+    zlib
   ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qmake ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qmake makeWrapper ];
 
   # RCC: Error in 'resources.qrc': Cannot find file 'i18n/chessx_da.qm'
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-      mkdir -p "$out/share/applications"
-      cp -pr release/chessx "$out/bin"
-      cp -pr unix/chessx.desktop "$out/share/applications"
-      runHook postInstall
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/applications"
+    cp -pr release/chessx "$out/bin"
+    cp -pr unix/chessx.desktop "$out/share/applications"
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/chessx \
+      --prefix QT_PLUGIN_PATH : ${qtbase}/lib/qt-5.${lib.versions.minor qtbase.version}/plugins
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -32,5 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "ChessX allows you to browse and analyse chess games";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [maintainers.luispedro];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2fbddb94b1b7..bd80143651bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19730,7 +19730,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   chessdb = callPackage ../games/chessdb { };
 
-  chessx = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/chessx { };
+  chessx = libsForQt59.callPackage ../games/chessx { };
 
   chocolateDoom = callPackage ../games/chocolate-doom { };