diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
index 4a51e244a0d1..3cc8c51909b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ let
       qttranslations = callPackage ./qttranslations.nix {};
       /* qtwayland = not packaged */
       qtwebchannel = callPackage ./qtwebchannel.nix {};
-      /* qtwebengine = not packaged */
+      qtwebengine = callPackage ./qtwebengine.nix {};
       qtwebsockets = callPackage ./qtwebsockets.nix {};
       /* qtwinextras = not packaged */
       qtx11extras = callPackage ./qtx11extras.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a433976dad1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ qtSubmodule, qtquickcontrols, qtlocation, qtwebchannel }:
+
+qtSubmodule {
+  name = "qtwebengine";
+  qtInputs = [ qtquickcontrols qtlocation qtwebchannel ];
+}