diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-env.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-env.nix
index 11c6ac74d5f..b2b7121d51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-env.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ runCommand, lndir, qtbase }: name: paths:
+{ lib, runCommand, lndir, qtbase }: name: paths:
 
-runCommand name { inherit paths qtbase; } ''
+runCommand name { qtbase = qtbase.dev; paths = lib.chooseDevOutputs paths;  } ''
 
 mkdir -p "$out/bin" "$out/mkspecs" "$out/include" "$out/lib" "$out/share"