diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6_qt4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6_qt4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7774ab7df9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6_qt4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, qmake4Hook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "qwt-6.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qwt/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "031x4hz1jpbirv9k35rqb52bb9mf2w7qav89qv1yfw1r3n6z221b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake4Hook ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e "s|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX.*=.*|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX = $out|g" -i qwtconfig.pri
+  '';
+
+  qmakeFlags = [ "-after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name}" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Qt widgets for technical applications";
+    homepage = http://qwt.sourceforge.net/;
+    # LGPL 2.1 plus a few exceptions (more liberal)
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.qwt;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+    branch = "6";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43f8f4bb2bb0..0afba55879fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9061,6 +9061,8 @@ in
 
   qwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/qwt {};
 
+  qwt6_qt4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/qwt/6_qt4.nix { };
+
   qxt = callPackage ../development/libraries/qxt {};
 
   rabbitmq-c = callPackage ../development/libraries/rabbitmq-c {};