diff --git a/src/qml/common/qv4compileddata.cpp b/src/qml/common/qv4compileddata.cpp
index 9dee91f713..9dec5cae67 100644
--- a/src/qml/common/qv4compileddata.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/common/qv4compileddata.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <QtCore/qscopeguard.h>
 #include <QtCore/qstandardpaths.h>
 
+#include <QtCore/qcoreapplication.h>
+
 static_assert(QV4::CompiledData::QmlCompileHashSpace > QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH);
 
 #if defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH) && defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH) && QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH > 0
@@ -26,6 +28,35 @@ __attribute__((section(".qml_compile_hash")))
 const char qml_compile_hash[QV4::CompiledData::QmlCompileHashSpace] = QML_COMPILE_HASH;
 static_assert(sizeof(QV4::CompiledData::Unit::libraryVersionHash) > QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH,
               "Compile hash length exceeds reserved size in data structure. Please adjust and bump the format version");
+
+bool nix__isNixApplication() {
+    static const bool value = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().startsWith(QStringLiteral("@nixStore@"));
+    return value;
+}
+
+static_assert(sizeof(QV4::CompiledData::Unit::libraryVersionHash) >
+                  /*sha1*/ 20 + /*NIX:*/ 4,
+              "Nix compile hash length exceeds the reserved space in data "
+              "structure. Please review the patch.");
+
+const QByteArray &nix__applicationHash() {
+    static const QByteArray value = [](){
+        QCryptographicHash applicationHash(QCryptographicHash::Sha1);
+        applicationHash.addData(QByteArrayView(qml_compile_hash, QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH));
+
+        // We only care about the package, not the specific file path.
+        auto view = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().sliced(@nixStoreLength@);
+        auto pkgEndIdx = view.indexOf(QStringLiteral("/"));
+        if (pkgEndIdx != -1) view = view.sliced(0, pkgEndIdx);
+
+        applicationHash.addData(view.toUtf8());
+
+        return QByteArray("NIX:") + applicationHash.result();
+    }();
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 #else
 #  error "QML_COMPILE_HASH must be defined for the build of QtDeclarative to ensure version checking for cache files"
 #endif
@@ -69,13 +100,29 @@ bool Unit::verifyHeader(QDateTime expectedSourceTimeStamp, QString *errorString)
     }
 
 #if defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH) && defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH) && QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH > 0
-    if (qstrncmp(qml_compile_hash, libraryVersionHash, QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH) != 0) {
+    const bool nixUnit = qstrncmp("NIX:", this->libraryVersionHash, 4) == 0;
+
+    if (nixUnit && !nix__isNixApplication()) {
+        *errorString = QStringLiteral("QML compile hash is for a nix store application.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const char *targetHash = qml_compile_hash;
+    size_t targetHashLength = QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH;
+
+    if (nixUnit) {
+        const auto &applicationHash = nix__applicationHash();
+        targetHash = applicationHash.constData();
+        targetHashLength = applicationHash.length();
+    }
+
+    if (qstrncmp(targetHash, this->libraryVersionHash, targetHashLength) != 0) {
         *errorString = QStringLiteral("QML compile hashes don't match. Found %1 expected %2")
                                .arg(QString::fromLatin1(
-                                            QByteArray(libraryVersionHash, QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH)
+                                            QByteArray(this->libraryVersionHash, targetHashLength)
                                                     .toPercentEncoding()),
                                     QString::fromLatin1(
-                                            QByteArray(qml_compile_hash, QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH)
+                                            QByteArray(targetHash, targetHashLength)
                                                     .toPercentEncoding()));
         return false;
     }
@@ -213,6 +260,29 @@ bool CompilationUnit::saveToDisk(const QUrl &unitUrl, QString *errorString)
         return false;
     }
 
+#if defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH) && defined(QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH) && QML_COMPILE_HASH_LENGTH > 0
+    if (nix__isNixApplication() && unitUrl.scheme() == QStringLiteral("qrc")) {
+        // If the application is running from the nix store, we can safely save
+        // bytecode for its embedded QML files as long as we hash the
+        // application path into the version. This will invalidate the caches
+        // when the store path changes.
+        const auto &applicationHash = nix__applicationHash();
+
+        memcpy(const_cast<char *>(unitData()->libraryVersionHash),
+               applicationHash.constData(), applicationHash.length());
+    } else if (unitUrl.path().startsWith(QStringLiteral("@nixStore@"))) {
+        // We don't store bytecode for bare QML files in the nix store as the
+        // paths will change every time the application updates, filling caches
+        // endlessly with junk.
+        *errorString = QStringLiteral("Refusing to save bytecode for bare @nixStore@ path.");
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        // If the QML file is loaded from a normal file path it doesn't matter
+        // if the application itself is running from a nix path, so we fall back
+        // to the default Qt behavior.
+    }
+#endif
+
     return SaveableUnitPointer(unitData()).saveToDisk<char>(
             [&unitUrl, errorString](const char *data, quint32 size) {
                 const QString cachePath = localCacheFilePath(unitUrl);