diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
index a952fb559ce..05c56b0b095 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/labelimg/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
-{ stdenv, python2Packages, fetchurl }:
-  python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+{ stdenv, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub, qt5 }:
+  python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pname = "labelImg";
-    version = "1.8.1";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/tzutalin/labelImg/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1banpkpbrny1jx3zsgs544xai62z5yvislbq782a5r47gv2f2k4a";
+    version = "1.8.3";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "tzutalin";
+      repo = "labelImg";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "07v106fzlmxrbag4xm06m4mx9m0gckb27vpwsn7sap1bbgc1pap5";
     };
-    nativeBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-      pyqt4
+    nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+      pyqt5
+      qt5.wrapQtAppsHook
     ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-      pyqt4
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+      pyqt5
       lxml
+      sip
     ];
     preBuild = ''
-      make qt4py2
+      make qt5py3
+    '';
+    postInstall = ''
+      cp libs/resources.py $out/${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}/libs
+    '';
+    dontWrapQtApps = true;
+    preFixup = ''
+      makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
     '';
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "LabelImg is a graphical image annotation tool and label object bounding boxes in images";