diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d2a2ed5151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, qt5, sip, pythonDBus, lndir, makeWrapper }:
+
+let
+  version = "5.3";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "PyQt-${version}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for Qt5";
+    homepage    = http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk;
+    license     = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms   = platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sander iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/PyQt5/PyQt-${version}/PyQt-gpl-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0xc1cc68fi989rfybibimhhi3mqn3b93n0p3jdqznzabgilcb1m2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig makeWrapper lndir qt5 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sip ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    lndir ${pythonDBus} $out
+
+    export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
+
+    substituteInPlace configure.py \
+      --replace 'install_dir=pydbusmoddir' "install_dir='$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/dbus/mainloop'"
+
+    ${python.executable} configure.py  -w \
+      --confirm-license \
+      --dbus=$out/include/dbus-1.0 \
+      --no-qml-plugin \
+      --bindir=$out/bin \
+      --destdir=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
+      --sipdir=$out/share/sip \
+      --designer-plugindir=$out/plugins/designer
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for i in $out/bin/*; do
+      wrapProgram $i --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e136fb541f0..fb35d7ef592 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ rec {
     pythonDBus = dbus;
   };
 
+  pyqt5 = import ../development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig qt5 makeWrapper;
+    inherit (pkgs.xorg) lndir;
+    inherit python;
+    sip = sip_4_16;
+    pythonDBus = dbus;
+  };
+
   sip = import ../development/python-modules/sip {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl;
     inherit python;