diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/cmake-2.8.12.diff b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/cmake-2.8.12.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6e57c626c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/cmake-2.8.12.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindQt.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindQt.cmake
+index c2eac76..b3131f0 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/FindQt.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/FindQt.cmake
+@@ -74,10 +74,18 @@ ENDMACRO(QT_GET_MOC_FLAGS)
+ 
+ MACRO(QT_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND infile outfile moc_flags moc_options)
+   IF(QT_VERSION_MAJOR MATCHES 4)
+-    QT4_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}")
++    IF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
++      QT4_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}" "")
++    ELSE(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
++      QT4_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}")
++    ENDIF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
+   ELSE(QT_VERSION_MAJOR MATCHES 4)
+     IF(QT_VERSION_MAJOR MATCHES 5)
+-      QT5_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}")
++      IF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
++        QT5_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}" "")
++      ELSE(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
++        QT5_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${infile} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}")
++      ENDIF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2.8.11.20130607)
+     ENDIF(QT_VERSION_MAJOR MATCHES 5)
+   ENDIF(QT_VERSION_MAJOR MATCHES 4)
+ ENDMACRO(QT_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/default.nix
index b535961357b0..f2e0d1945620 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig python libxslt ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt4 dbus_glib telepathy_farstream telepathy_glib pythonDBus ];
+  patches = [ ./cmake-2.8.12.diff ./farstream-0.2.diff ];
   preBuild = ''
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=" `pkg-config --cflags dbus-glib-1`"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/farstream-0.2.diff b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/farstream-0.2.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86d392fe1ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/telepathy/qt/farstream-0.2.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -urB telepathy-qt/cmake/modules/FindFarstream.cmake new/cmake/modules/FindFarstream.cmake
+--- telepathy-qt/cmake/modules/FindFarstream.cmake      2012-04-25 22:14:22.275967164 +0200
++++ new/cmake/modules/FindFarstream.cmake       2012-10-07 12:19:46.543103512 +0200
+@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
+     # in the find_path() and find_library() calls
+     find_package(PkgConfig)
+     if (FARSTREAM_MIN_VERSION)
+-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_FARSTREAM farstream-0.1>=${FARSTREAM_MIN_VERSION})
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_FARSTREAM farstream-0.2>=${FARSTREAM_MIN_VERSION})
+     else (FARSTREAM_MIN_VERSION)
+-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_FARSTREAM farstream-0.1)
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_FARSTREAM farstream-0.2)
+     endif (FARSTREAM_MIN_VERSION)
+     set(FARSTREAM_DEFINITIONS ${PC_FARSTREAM_CFLAGS_OTHER})
+ endif (NOT WIN32)
+@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
+    PATHS
+    ${PC_FARSTREAM_INCLUDEDIR}
+    ${PC_FARSTREAM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+-   PATH_SUFFIXES farstream-0.1
++   PATH_SUFFIXES farstream-0.2
+    )
+ 
+-find_library(FARSTREAM_LIBRARIES NAMES farstream-0.1
++find_library(FARSTREAM_LIBRARIES NAMES farstream-0.2
+    PATHS
+    ${PC_FARSTREAM_LIBDIR}
+    ${PC_FARSTREAM_LIBRARY_DIRS}