diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index 3865f2c05f..8361dd354e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -17,11 +17,25 @@
 ;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define-module (gnu packages qt)
-  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (x11-style))
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (lgpl2.1 x11-style))
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages bison))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages icu4c)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libjpeg)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libpng)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages mysql)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages openssl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+;;   #:use-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg))
 
 (define-public libxkbcommon
   (package
@@ -47,3 +61,69 @@ Clutter, and more.  Despite the name, it is not currently used by anything
 X11 (yet).")
     (license (x11-style "file://COPYING"
                         "See 'COPYING' in the distribution."))))
+
+(define-public qt
+  (package
+    (name "qt")
+    (version "5.1.1")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/"
+                                 (string-copy version 0 (string-rindex version #\.))
+                                 "/" version
+                                 "/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-"
+                                 version ".tar.gz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "1xl6n4ai0yfknaiawgyr0cyixk0d2j4262k13mmyj993nlnp81ac"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     ;; FIXME: Add input ruby once available.
+     `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+       ("dbus" ,dbus)
+       ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
+       ("freetype" ,freetype)
+       ("glib" ,glib)
+       ("icu4c" ,icu4c)
+       ;; FIXME: Switch to current libjpeg with qt 5.1.2, see
+       ;; https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/2a9ea11f4dea51f9e75036aab8e7a23f0eb4bd1f/diffs
+       ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg-8)
+       ("libpng" ,libpng)
+       ("libx11" ,libx11)
+       ("libxi" ,libxi)
+       ("libxkbcommon" ,libxkbcommon)
+       ("libxrender" ,libxrender)
+       ("mesa" ,mesa)
+       ("mysql" ,mysql)
+       ("openssl" ,openssl)
+       ("perl" ,perl)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+;;        ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)
+       ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper)
+       ("xcb-util" ,xcb-util)
+       ("xcb-util-image" ,xcb-util-image)
+       ("xcb-util-keysyms" ,xcb-util-keysyms)
+       ("xcb-util-renderutil" ,xcb-util-renderutil)
+       ("xcb-util-wm" ,xcb-util-wm)
+       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+         (alist-replace
+          'configure
+          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+            (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+              (substitute* '("configure" "qtbase/configure")
+                           (("/bin/pwd") (which "pwd")))
+              ;; do not pass "--enable-fast-install", which makes the
+              ;; configure process fail
+              (zero? (system* "./configure"
+                              "-verbose"
+                              "-prefix" out
+                              "-opensource"
+                              "-confirm-license"))))
+          %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "http://qt-project.org/")
+    (synopsis "Cross-platform GUI library")
+    (description "Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework for
+developers using C++ or QML, a CSS & JavaScript like language.")
+    (license lgpl2.1)))