diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/0001-unbundled-qwt.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/0001-unbundled-qwt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46224ede33d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/0001-unbundled-qwt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From e57f22a5089f194013534c9a9bbc42ee639297f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:10:32 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] unbundled qwt
+
+---
+ linssid-app/linssid-app.pro | 4 +---
+ linssid.pro                 | 4 +---
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/linssid-app/linssid-app.pro b/linssid-app/linssid-app.pro
+index 26f61e7..7b80b60 100644
+--- a/linssid-app/linssid-app.pro
++++ b/linssid-app/linssid-app.pro
+@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ QMAKE_CC = gcc
+ QMAKE_CXX = g++
+ DEFINES += 
+ INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qt5
+-# /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/include
+-INCLUDEPATH += ../qwt-lib/src
+ # LIBS += /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_regex.a 
+ # LIBS += -lboost_regex
+ LIBS += -l:libboost_regex.a
+ # /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.a
+-LIBS += ../qwt-lib/lib/libqwt.a
++LIBS += -lqwt
+ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
+ #
+ TARGET = linssid
+diff --git a/linssid.pro b/linssid.pro
+index 42dc277..26d1a2c 100644
+--- a/linssid.pro
++++ b/linssid.pro
+@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
+ TEMPLATE = subdirs
+ CONFIG += ordered
+-SUBDIRS = qwt-lib \
+-          linssid-app
+-linssid-app.depends = qwt-lib
++SUBDIRS = linssid-app
+-- 
+2.5.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/default.nix
index 86f9fd6d0e33..369010f41b52 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/linssid/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt5, pkgconfig, boost, wirelesstools, iw }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt5, pkgconfig, boost, wirelesstools, iw, qwt6 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "linssid-${version}";
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "13d35rlcjncd8lx3khkgn9x8is2xjd5fp6ns5xsn3w6l4xj9b4gl";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt5.base qt5.svg pkgconfig boost ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt5.base qt5.svg pkgconfig boost qwt6 ];
+
+  patches = [ ./0001-unbundled-qwt.patch ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -e "s|/usr/include/|/nonexistent/|g" -i linssid-app/*.pro
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     sed -e "s|iwlist|${wirelesstools}/sbin/iwlist|g" -i linssid-app/Getter.cpp
     sed -e "s|iw dev|${iw}/sbin/iw dev|g" -i linssid-app/MainForm.cpp
+
+    # Remove bundled qwt
+    rm -fr qwt-lib
   '';
 
   configurePhase = "qmake linssid.pro";
@@ -30,6 +35,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
-    broken = true;
   };
 }