diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/2.8.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/2.8.nix
index 5cab740f8c3b..d574909d4e2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/2.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/2.8.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, wxGTK, python}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, wxGTK, pythonPackages }:
 
 assert wxGTK.unicode;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "wxPython-2.8.4.0";
+  name = "wxPython-2.8.12.0";
+  
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/wxpython/wxPython-src-2.8.4.0.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0lkj29jcw3kqaf2iphgmmn9cqf2ppkm6qqr9izlx4bvn9dihgq6h";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/wxpython/wxPython-src-2.8.12.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1gdsk1p8ds4jd00habxy4y8m56247a5s1mvq1lm1r6475dvq4pkd";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig wxGTK (wxGTK.gtk) python];
-  passthru = {inherit wxGTK;};
+  
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig wxGTK (wxGTK.gtk) pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+  
+  passthru = { inherit wxGTK; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
index ed7177081f9f..1ad71e3b9cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ buildPhase() {
 
 installPhase() {
     python setup.py $flags install --prefix=$out
+
+    # Ugly workaround for Nixpkgs/111.
+    ln -s $out/lib/python*/site-packages/wx-*-gtk2-unicode/* $out/lib/python*/site-packages
+    
+    wrapPythonPrograms    
 }
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 990cf528a1a2..8d6e8b865848 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ let
   };
 
   bittorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/bittorrent {
-    wxPython = wxPython26;
     gui = true;
   };
 
@@ -4525,7 +4524,7 @@ let
 
   setuptools = pythonPackages.setuptools;
 
-  wxPython = wxPython26;
+  wxPython = wxPython28;
 
   wxPython26 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wxPython/2.6.nix {
     wxGTK = wxGTK26;