diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
index 659276152b26..2eb81f0eca4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
@@ -209,4 +209,13 @@ rec {
     inherit kdelibs kdepimlibs kdebase_workspace;
     inherit automoc4 phonon qca2;
   };
+  
+  gtk_qt_engine = import ./extragear/gtk-qt-engine {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl cmake qt4 perl gettext;
+    inherit (pkgs.xlibs) libX11;
+    inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) gtk;
+    inherit (pkgs.gnome) libbonoboui;
+    inherit kdelibs;
+    inherit automoc4 phonon;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/builder.sh b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..259263ca27b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+cmakeFlags="-DINSTALL_PATH_GTK_ENGINES=$out/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines -DINSTALL_PATH_GTK_THEMES=$out/share/themes -DINSTALL_PATH_KCONTROL_MODULES=$out/lib";
+
+myPatchPhase()
+{
+    sed -i -e "s|\${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}|\${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR} ../build/kcm_gtk|" kcm_gtk/CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i -e "s|\*.po|../../\*.po|" po/CMakeLists.txt
+}
+patchPhase=myPatchPhase
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a572ba39fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/gtk-qt-engine/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, perl, libX11, gtk, libbonoboui, gettext, kdelibs, automoc4, phonon}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gtk-qt-engine-1.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://gtk-qt-engine.googlecode.com/files/gtk-qt-engine-1.1.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "4310f8f179c5ab70cea614a07b0c3e84234d05388dded85596200fa754c290a6";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 perl libX11 gtk libbonoboui gettext kdelibs automoc4 phonon ];
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+}