diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/default.nix
index 50d569f30917..1c18e8446892 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt5, pkgconfig, python, libxslt, dbus_glib, dbus_daemon
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qtbase, pkgconfig, python, libxslt, dbus_glib, dbus_daemon
 , telepathy_farstream, telepathy_glib, pythonDBus }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig python libxslt ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt5.base dbus_glib telepathy_farstream telepathy_glib pythonDBus ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase dbus_glib telepathy_farstream telepathy_glib pythonDBus ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DDESIRED_QT_VERSION=5" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/old.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/old.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50d569f30917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/old.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt5, pkgconfig, python, libxslt, dbus_glib, dbus_daemon
+, telepathy_farstream, telepathy_glib, pythonDBus }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "telepathy-qt5-0.9.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-qt/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13lwh23ad9bg7hx1mj4xjc2lb8nlaaw8hbrmx5gg8nz5xxc4hiwk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig python libxslt ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt5.base dbus_glib telepathy_farstream telepathy_glib pythonDBus ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DDESIRED_QT_VERSION=5" ];
+
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional doCheck dbus_daemon;
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=" `pkg-config --cflags dbus-glib-1`"
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = false; # giving up for now
+
+  meta = {
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 745ec5bb7096..5dd6aedf57ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7962,6 +7962,8 @@ let
 
     signon = callPackage ../development/libraries/signon { };
 
+    telepathy = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt5 { };
+
     vlc = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc {
       qt4 = null;
       withQt5 = true;
@@ -8267,7 +8269,7 @@ let
 
   telepathy_qt = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt { };
 
-  telepathy_qt5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt5 { };
+  telepathy_qt5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt5/old.nix {};
 
   tevent = callPackage ../development/libraries/tevent {
     python = python2;