diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/plex-media-player/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/plex-media-player/default.nix
index 81b354fe1fff..34b6eb9c2862 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/plex-media-player/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/plex-media-player/default.nix
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo" "-DQTROOT=${qtbase}" ];
 
+  # plexmediaplayer currently segfaults under wayland
+  qtWrapperArgs = [ "--set" "QT_QPA_PLATFORM" "xcb" ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Streaming media player for Plex";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ b4dm4n ];
     homepage = "https://plex.tv";
+    mainProgram = "plexmediaplayer";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e49b8c00ca9..c7ee4c9c6c98 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28265,8 +28265,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   plexamp = callPackage ../applications/audio/plexamp { };
 
-  # Upstream says it supports only qt5.9 which is not packaged, and building with qt newer than 5.12 fails
-  plex-media-player = libsForQt512.callPackage ../applications/video/plex-media-player { };
+  plex-media-player = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/plex-media-player { };
 
   plex-mpv-shim = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/video/plex-mpv-shim { };