diff --git a/autotests/barcodedecodertest.cpp b/autotests/barcodedecodertest.cpp
--- a/autotests/barcodedecodertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/barcodedecodertest.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,29 @@
         QVERIFY(b.startsWith("OTI010080000020"));
 #endif
     }
+
+    void testQRCode_data()
+    {
+            QTest::addColumn<QString>("fileName");
+            QTest::addColumn<QString>("result");
+
+            QTest::newRow("1") << QStringLiteral("qrcode1.png") << QStringLiteral("M$K0YGV0G");
+            QTest::newRow("2") << QStringLiteral("qrcode2.png") << QStringLiteral("KZEXO4HRE");
+    }
+
+    void testQRCode()
+    {
+        QFETCH(QString, fileName);
+        QFETCH(QString, result);
+
+        QImage img(QStringLiteral(SOURCE_DIR "/barcodes/") + fileName);
+        QVERIFY(!img.isNull());
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ZXING
+        QCOMPARE(BarcodeDecoder::decodeQRCode(img), result);
+#endif
+
+    }
 };
 
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(BarcodeDecoderTest)
diff --git a/autotests/barcodes/qrcode1.png b/autotests/barcodes/qrcode1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

diff --git a/autotests/barcodes/qrcode2.png b/autotests/barcodes/qrcode2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

diff --git a/src/barcodedecoder.h b/src/barcodedecoder.h
--- a/src/barcodedecoder.h
+++ b/src/barcodedecoder.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 
     /** Decode an Aztec barcode containing binary data (such as UIC 918.3 codes). */
     KITINERARY_EXPORT QByteArray decodeAztecBinary(const QImage &img);
+
+    /** Decode an QRCode barcode containing text data. */
+    KITINERARY_EXPORT QString decodeQRCode(const QImage &img);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/barcodedecoder.cpp b/src/barcodedecoder.cpp
--- a/src/barcodedecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/barcodedecoder.cpp
@@ -173,3 +173,25 @@
 #endif
     return {};
 }
+
+QString BarcodeDecoder::decodeQRCode(const QImage &img)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_ZXING
+    try {
+        const zxing::Ref<zxing::LuminanceSource> source(new QImageLuminanceSource(img));
+
+        const zxing::Ref<zxing::Binarizer> binarizer(new zxing::HybridBinarizer(source));
+        const zxing::Ref<zxing::BinaryBitmap> binary(new zxing::BinaryBitmap(binarizer));
+        const zxing::DecodeHints hints(zxing::DecodeHints::QR_CODE_HINT);
+
+        zxing::MultiFormatReader reader;
+        const auto result = reader.decode(binary, hints);
+        return QString::fromStdString(result->getText()->getText());
+    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+        //qCDebug(Log) << e.what();
+    }
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(img);
+#endif
+    return {};
+}