diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kile/frameworks.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kile/frameworks.nix
index 7a02c3d3f8c6..34ea76478937 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kile/frameworks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kile/frameworks.nix
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ let
       };
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/kile" ];
   paths = [ konsole.unwrapped ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/yakuake/3.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/yakuake/3.0.nix
index 4ccef7f435a4..8bce26deefc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/yakuake/3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/yakuake/3.0.nix
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ let
 
 
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/yakuake" ];
   paths = [ konsole.unwrapped ];
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/konversation/1.6.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/konversation/1.6.nix
index c68764054627..9724ae5f4bf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/konversation/1.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/konversation/1.6.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ let
       homepage = https://konversation.kde.org;
     };
   };
-in kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+in kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/konversation" ];
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/ark/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/ark/default.nix
index 249027570663..6b471614f5a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/ark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/ark/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ let
       };
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/ark" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/dolphin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/dolphin.nix
index 4e636ae31863..9be40e9439b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/dolphin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/dolphin.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/dolphin" ];
   paths = [ dolphin-plugins konsole.unwrapped ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/filelight.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/filelight.nix
index acc5808b4a34..e3d9172145c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/filelight.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/filelight.nix
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/filelight" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/filelight" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/gwenview.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/gwenview.nix
index 18f5036127d0..b97e4ce3bd6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/gwenview.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/gwenview.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/gwenview" ];
   paths = [ kipi-plugins ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kate.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kate.nix
index ab0087930c01..03cc0e1fe33b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kate.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kate.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/kate" "bin/kwrite" ];
   paths = [ konsole.unwrapped ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcalc.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcalc.nix
index f6d87e3e6e97..10164692f770 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcalc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcalc.nix
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/kcalc" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/kcalc" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcolorchooser.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcolorchooser.nix
index 45a72a0bbc1b..1dc6ccbc44c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcolorchooser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kcolorchooser.nix
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ let
       propagatedBuildInputs = [ ki18n kwidgetsaddons kxmlgui ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/kcolorchooser" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/kcolorchooser" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdenlive.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdenlive.nix
index 00826060b69b..071ec21bbd01 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdenlive.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdenlive.nix
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ unwrapped = kdeApp {
   };
 };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped
+kdeWrapper
 {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/kdenlive" ];
   paths = [ kinit ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdf.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdf.nix
index 835f0344da74..c73eadc1df44 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kdf.nix
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/kdf" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/kdf" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/khelpcenter.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/khelpcenter.nix
index 934f13425e8a..3f13d131c77a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/khelpcenter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/khelpcenter.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/khelpcenter" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/khelpcenter" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kompare.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kompare.nix
index 3b2143af615c..45789edbfcc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kompare.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kompare.nix
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/kompare" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/kompare" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/konsole.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/konsole.nix
index bf3a497fefaa..2dfd305b46b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/konsole.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/konsole.nix
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped { targets = [ "bin/konsole" ]; }
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
+  targets = [ "bin/konsole" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kwalletmanager.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kwalletmanager.nix
index a7a7ba47f432..03c2ab3853a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kwalletmanager.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/kwalletmanager.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ let
       kxmlgui
     ];
   };
-in kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+in kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = ["bin/kwalletmanager5"];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/marble.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/marble.nix
index 8d6ee5a0f7c5..5b8a82dbf098 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/marble.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/marble.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ let
       enableParallelBuilding = true;
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/marble-qt" ];
   paths = [ unwrapped ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/okular.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/okular.nix
index faebf3e679b2..499e8cc93681 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/okular.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/okular.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/okular" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/spectacle.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/spectacle.nix
index aa618ffcde11..4c3a5246b2e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/spectacle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/applications/spectacle.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ let
       ];
     };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/spectacle" ];
   paths = [ kipi-plugins ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/oxygen.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/oxygen.nix
index f880f2e3ab23..ca63c8d7a377 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/oxygen.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma/oxygen.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let
     ];
   };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/oxygen-demo5" "bin/oxygen-settings5" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
index 890ec1e4eec3..9ab6f7a10898 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
@@ -1,53 +1,73 @@
 { stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, buildEnv }:
 
-drv:
-
-{ targets, paths ? [] }:
+packages:
 
 let
+  packages_ = if builtins.isList packages then packages else [packages];
+
+  unwrapped = lib.concatMap (p: if builtins.isList p.unwrapped then p.unwrapped else [p.unwrapped]) packages_;
+  targets = lib.concatMap (p: p.targets) packages_;
+  paths = lib.concatMap (p: p.paths or []) packages_;
+
+  name =
+    if builtins.length unwrapped == 1
+    then (lib.head unwrapped).name
+    else "kde-application";
+  meta =
+    if builtins.length unwrapped == 1
+    then (lib.head unwrapped).meta
+    else {};
+
   env = buildEnv {
-    inherit (drv) name meta;
-    paths = builtins.map lib.getBin ([drv] ++ paths);
+    inherit name meta;
+    paths = builtins.map lib.getBin (unwrapped ++ paths);
     pathsToLink = [ "/bin" "/share" "/lib/qt5" "/etc/xdg" ];
   };
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit (drv) name meta;
+  inherit name meta;
   preferLocalBuild = true;
 
-  paths = builtins.map lib.getBin ([drv] ++ paths);
-  inherit drv env targets;
-  passthru = { unwrapped = drv; };
+  inherit unwrapped env targets;
+
+  passthru = {
+    inherit targets paths;
+    unwrapped = if builtins.length unwrapped == 1 then lib.head unwrapped else unwrapped;
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  builder = builtins.toFile "builder.sh" ''
-    . $stdenv/setup
-
+  buildCommand = ''
     for t in $targets; do
-        if [ -a "$drv/$t" ]; then
-            makeWrapper "$drv/$t" "$out/$t" \
-                --argv0 '"$0"' \
-                --suffix PATH : "$env/bin" \
-                --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$env/share" \
-                --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$env/etc/xdg" \
-                --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/imports" \
-                --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/qml" \
-                --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/plugins"
-        else
-            echo "no such file or directory: $drv/$t"
+        good=""
+        for drv in $unwrapped; do
+            if [ -a "$drv/$t" ]; then
+                makeWrapper "$drv/$t" "$out/$t" \
+                    --argv0 '"$0"' \
+                    --suffix PATH : "$env/bin" \
+                    --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$env/share" \
+                    --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$env/etc/xdg" \
+                    --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/imports" \
+                    --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/qml" \
+                    --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/plugins"
+                good="1"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+        if [ -z "$good" ]; then
+            echo "file or directory not found in derivations: $t"
             exit 1
         fi
     done
 
-    if [ -a "$drv/share" ]; then
-        ln -s "$drv/share" "$out"
-    fi
+    ln -s "$env/share" "$out"
 
-    if [ -a "$drv/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages" ]; then
-        mkdir -p "$out/nix-support"
-        ln -s "$drv/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages" "$out/nix-support/"
-    fi
+    for drv in $unwrapped; do
+        if [ -a "$drv/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages" ]; then
+            mkdir -p "$out/nix-support"
+            cat "$drv/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages" >> "$out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages"
+        fi
+    done
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
index 5a3da3788d58..37399a1a4184 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ let
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ kconfig kinit ];
   };
 in
-kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/kronometer" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
index 865c6b1e842a..b6727f4e63bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ let
 
   };
 
-in kdeWrapper unwrapped {
+in kdeWrapper {
+  inherit unwrapped;
   targets = [ "bin/peruse" ];
 }