diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/simple/pinentry-urxvt/default.nix b/tv/5pkgs/simple/pinentry-urxvt/default.nix
index 65b76c077..6e4f6b002 100644
--- a/tv/5pkgs/simple/pinentry-urxvt/default.nix
+++ b/tv/5pkgs/simple/pinentry-urxvt/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ let
           type = lib.types.str;
         };
         display = lib.mkOption {
-          default = ":0";
+          default = null;
+          type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+        };
+        xwud.className = lib.mkOption {
+          default = "PinentryUrxvtXwudFloat";
           type = lib.types.str;
         };
       };
@@ -30,12 +34,76 @@ let
 
 in
 
+  # pinentry-urxvt - A mechanism for PIN entry utilizing rxvt-unicode
+  #
+  # This spawns a PIN entry terminal on top of a tinted screenshot of the
+  # current display's root window.  The display for spawning the terminal can
+  # be predefined, in which case both the current and the predefined display
+  # will show the screenshot.
+  #
+  # The purpose of the screenshot, aside from looking nice, is to prevent entry
+  # of the PIN into the wrong window, e.g. by accidentally moving the cursor
+  # while typing.  If necessary, the screenshot can be closed by sending 'q',
+  # 'Q', or ctrl-c while its focused.
+  #
   pkgs.write "pinentry-urxvt" {
     "/bin/pinentry".link = pkgs.writeDash "pinentry-urxvt-wrapper" ''
       set -efu
+
+      trap cleanup EXIT
+
+      cleanup() {
+        rm "$screenshot"
+        # Kill process group in order to kill screenshot windows.
+        ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/kill 0
+      }
+
+      screenshot=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mktemp -t pinentry-urxvt.screenshot.XXXXXXXX)
+
+      ${pkgs.xorg.xwd}/bin/xwd -root |
+      ${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/convert xwd:- -fill \#424242 -colorize 80% xwd:"$screenshot"
+
+      show_screenshot() {
+        ${pkgs.exec "pinentry-urxvt.show_screenshot" {
+            filename = "${pkgs.xorg.xwud}/bin/xwud";
+            argv = [
+              cfg.xwud.className
+              "-noclick"
+            ];
+        }} < "$screenshot" &
+        wait_for_screenshot $!
+      }
+
+      # Wait for the xwud window by trying to intercept the call to munmap().
+      # If it cannot be intercepted within 0.1s, assume that attaching strace
+      # wasn't fast enough or xwud doesn't call munmap() anymore.  In either
+      # case fall back to search the window by class name, assuming there can
+      # be only one per display.
+      wait_for_screenshot() {
+        if ! \
+          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/timeout 0.1 \
+          ${pkgs.strace}/bin/strace -p "$1" -e munmap 2>&1 |
+          read -r _
+        then
+          until ${pkgs.xdotool}/bin/xdotool search \
+                    --classname ${lib.shell.escape cfg.xwud.className}
+          do
+            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 0.1
+          done
+        fi
+      }
+
+      show_screenshot
+
+      ${lib.optionalString (cfg.display != null) /* sh */ ''
+        if test "$DISPLAY" != ${lib.shell.escape cfg.display}; then
+          export DISPLAY=${lib.shell.escape cfg.display}
+          show_screenshot
+        fi
+      ''}
+
       exec 3<&0 4>&1 5>&2
-      export DISPLAY=${lib.shell.escape cfg.display}
-      exec ${pkgs.rxvt_unicode}/bin/urxvt \
+      ${pkgs.rxvt_unicode}/bin/urxvt \
         -name ${lib.shell.escape cfg.appName} \
         -e ${pkgs.writeDash "pinentry-urxvt-tty" ''
           set -efu