--- a/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
@@ -1300,6 +1300,13 @@ bool deployQmlImports(const QString &appBundlePath, DeploymentInfo deploymentInf
     argumentList.append( "-importPath");
     argumentList.append(qmlImportsPath);
 
+    // In a modularized installation of qt as we have in Nix, instead, we will
+    // read the paths from the environment, as they are spread in multiple
+    // locations and normally set in the environment like this
+    auto envQmlImportPaths = ::qgetenv("QML2_IMPORT_PATH").split(':');
+    for (const QString &importPath : envQmlImportPaths)
+        argumentList << "-importPath" << importPath;
+
     // run qmlimportscanner
     QProcess qmlImportScanner;
     qmlImportScanner.start(qmlImportScannerPath, argumentList);