diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/4.7.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/4.7.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6e85c338cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/4.7.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, lib, python, sip, qt4}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pyqt-x11-gpl-4.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.7.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0hwp84igw639mgw344q2jmnjarhq5wk60ncn8h2jjg7k4vchbvkz";
+  };
+  configurePhase = "python ./configure.py --confirm-license -b $out/bin -d $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages -v $out/share/sip -p $out/plugins";
+  buildInputs = [ python sip qt4 ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python bindings for Qt";
+    license = "GPL";
+    homepage = http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ded1044881fd..7a4f583a94f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5318,6 +5318,12 @@ let
     sip = sip_python26;
   };
 
+  pyqt47 = import ../development/python-modules/pyqt/4.7.nix {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl lib python;
+    qt4 = qt46;
+    sip = sip410;
+  };
+
   pyx = import ../development/python-modules/pyx {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python makeWrapper;
   };