diff --git a/releases.json b/releases.json
index 13a01a1fa..21fcb5475 100644
--- a/releases.json
+++ b/releases.json
@@ -2529,6 +2529,14 @@
       "2.0.2-1"
     ]
   },
+  "qrencode": {
+    "dependency_names": [
+      "libqrencode"
+    ],
+    "versions": [
+      "4.1.1-1"
+    ]
+  },
   "quazip": {
     "dependency_names": [
       "quazip"
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94807248c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+project(
+    'qrencode',
+    'c',
+    license: 'mit',
+    version: '4.1.1',
+)
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+
+sources = files(
+    'bitstream.c',
+    'mask.c',
+    'mmask.c',
+    'mqrspec.c',
+    'qrencode.c',
+    'qrinput.c',
+    'qrspec.c',
+    'rsecc.c',
+    'split.c',
+)
+c_args = [
+    '-DSTATIC_IN_RELEASE=static',
+    '-DMAJOR_VERSION=' + meson.project_version().split('.')[0],
+    '-DMINOR_VERSION=' + meson.project_version().split('.')[1],
+    '-DMICRO_VERSION=' + meson.project_version().split('.')[2],
+    '-DVERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"',
+]
+if cc.check_header('pthread.h')
+    c_args += ['-DHAVE_LIBPTHREAD']
+endif
+if cc.has_function('strdup', prefix: '#include <string.h>')
+    c_args += ['-DHAVE_STRDUP']
+endif
+
+libqrencode = library(
+    'qrencode',
+    sources,
+    c_args: c_args,
+    dependencies: [dependency('threads')],
+    vs_module_defs: 'qrencode.def',
+    install: true,
+    version: meson.project_version(),
+)
+import('pkgconfig').generate(
+    libqrencode,
+    name: 'libqrencode',
+    description: 'A QR Code encoding library',
+    version: meson.project_version(),
+)
+libqrencode_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: libqrencode,
+    include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)
+meson.override_dependency('libqrencode', libqrencode_dep)
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/qrencode.def b/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/qrencode.def
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ab369f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/qrencode/qrencode.def
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+EXPORTS
+	QRinput_new
+	QRinput_new2
+	QRinput_newMQR
+	QRinput_append
+	QRinput_appendECIheader
+	QRinput_getVersion
+	QRinput_setVersion
+	QRinput_getErrorCorrectionLevel
+	QRinput_setErrorCorrectionLevel
+	QRinput_setVersionAndErrorCorrectionLevel
+	QRinput_free
+	QRinput_check
+	QRinput_Struct_new
+	QRinput_Struct_setParity
+	QRinput_Struct_appendInput
+	QRinput_Struct_free
+	QRinput_splitQRinputToStruct
+	QRinput_Struct_insertStructuredAppendHeaders
+	QRinput_setFNC1First
+	QRinput_setFNC1Second
+	QRcode_encodeInput
+	QRcode_encodeString
+	QRcode_encodeString8bit
+	QRcode_encodeStringMQR
+	QRcode_encodeString8bitMQR
+	QRcode_encodeData
+	QRcode_encodeDataMQR
+	QRcode_free
+	QRcode_encodeInputStructured
+	QRcode_encodeStringStructured
+	QRcode_encodeString8bitStructured
+	QRcode_encodeDataStructured
+	QRcode_List_size
+	QRcode_List_free
+	QRcode_APIVersion
+	QRcode_APIVersionString
+	QRcode_clearCache
diff --git a/subprojects/qrencode.wrap b/subprojects/qrencode.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ce641ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/qrencode.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = qrencode-4.1.1
+source_url = https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-4.1.1.tar.gz
+source_filename = qrencode-4.1.1.tar.gz
+source_hash = da448ed4f52aba6bcb0cd48cac0dd51b8692bccc4cd127431402fca6f8171e8e
+patch_directory = qrencode
+
+[provide]
+dependency_names = libqrencode
diff --git a/tools/sanity_checks.py b/tools/sanity_checks.py
index fee3aa9fa..eb07918e4 100755
--- a/tools/sanity_checks.py
+++ b/tools/sanity_checks.py
@@ -46,16 +46,8 @@
         'glbinding-aux_export.h'
     ],
     'gumbo-parser': [
-        'gumbo.def',
         'tokenizer.cc',
     ],
-    'jbig2dec': [
-        'jbig2dec.def',
-    ],
-    'jbigkit': [
-        'jbig.def',
-        'jbig85.def'
-    ],
     'icu': [
         'export_module.py'
     ],
@@ -65,30 +57,12 @@
     'libexif': [
         'def.py',
     ],
-    'lmdb': [
-        'lmdb.def',
-    ],
-    'liblbfgs': [
-        'liblbfgs.def'
-    ],
-    'libunibreak': [
-        'unibreak.def'
-    ],
     'm4': [
         'm4_test_runner.py',
     ],
-    'minizip-ng': [
-        'mz.def',
-    ],
     'mpdecimal': [
         'gettests.py',
     ],
-    'mujs': [
-        'mujs.def',
-    ],
-    'netstring-c': [
-        'netstring-c.def',
-    ],
     'nowide': [
         'test_iostream_interactive.py',
     ],
@@ -119,12 +93,6 @@
         'doxyfile-patcher.py',
         'arm2gnu-wrapper.py',
         'generate_windows_rc.py',
-        'theora.def'
-    ],
-    'vorbis': [
-        'vorbis.def',
-        'vorbisenc.def',
-        'vorbisfile.def'
     ],
     'libffi': [
         'test-cc-supports-hidden-visibility.py',
@@ -448,7 +416,7 @@ def check_new_release(self, name: str, builddir: str = '_build', deps=None, prog
     def is_permitted_file(self, subproject: str, filename: str):
         if filename in PERMITTED_FILES:
             return True
-        if filename.endswith('.h.meson'):
+        if filename.endswith('.h.meson') or filename.endswith('.def'):
             return True
         if subproject in PER_PROJECT_PERMITTED_FILES and filename in PER_PROJECT_PERMITTED_FILES[subproject]:
             return True