diff --git a/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
index 4d01feaccc0..47527a13b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openmw/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt4, openscenegraph, mygui, bullet, ffmpeg, boost, cmake, SDL2, unshield, openal
-, libXt, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, openscenegraph, mygui, bullet, ffmpeg
+, boost, cmake, SDL2, unshield, openal, libXt, pkgconfig }:
 
 let
   openscenegraph_ = openscenegraph.overrideDerivation (self: {
@@ -11,20 +11,24 @@ let
     };
   });
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.43.0";
+  version = "0.44.0";
   name = "openmw-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "OpenMW";
     repo = "openmw";
     rev = name;
-    sha256 = "1nybxwp77qswjayf0g9xayp4x1xxq799681rhjlggch127r07ifi";
+    sha256 = "0rxkw0bzag7qffifg28dyyga47aaaf5ziiccpv7p8yax1wglvymh";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ cmake boost ffmpeg qt4 bullet mygui openscenegraph_ SDL2 unshield openal libXt ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake boost ffmpeg bullet mygui openscenegraph_ SDL2 unshield openal libXt qtbase ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DDESIRED_QT_VERSION:INT=5"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An unofficial open source engine reimplementation of the game Morrowind";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 161450de4da..fdd266efadd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20934,7 +20934,7 @@ in
 
   openjk = callPackage ../games/openjk { };
 
-  openmw = callPackage ../games/openmw { };
+  openmw = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/openmw { };
 
   openmw-tes3mp = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/openmw/tes3mp.nix { };