diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gede/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gede/default.nix
index ce02b4763009..bcd5b02d30b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gede/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gede/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, qt4, ctags, gdb }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, qmake, ctags, gdb }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gede-${version}";
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0jallpchl3c3i90hwic4n7n0ggk5wra0fki4by9ag26ln0k42c4r";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper python ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake makeWrapper python ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 ctags ];
+  buildInputs = [ ctags ];
+
+  dontUseQmakeConfigure = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i build.py -e 's,qmake-qt4,qmake,'
+    sed -i build.py -e 's,qmake-qt5,qmake,'
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ":";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 05bb159a5f77..d5369c15d5d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7823,7 +7823,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   funnelweb = callPackage ../development/tools/literate-programming/funnelweb { };
 
-  gede = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gede { };
+  gede = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gede { };
 
   gdbgui = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gdbgui { };