diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
index 9381107ef6fb..e231ef104c02 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ rec {
 
   polkit_qt_1 = callPackage ./support/polkit-qt-1 { };
 
-  soprano = callPackage ./support/soprano { };
-
 ### LIBS
   kdelibs = callPackage ./libs { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/soprano/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/soprano/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d07f352d17d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/soprano/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, clucene_core, redland, libiodbc }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "soprano-2.7.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/soprano/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1ki92wg0i9nhn1fh5mdcls5h9h3lf2k5r66snsags4x7zw0dmv2z";
-  };
-
-  # We disable the Java backend, since we do not need them and they make the closure size much bigger
-  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 clucene_core redland libiodbc ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://soprano.sourceforge.net/;
-    description = "An object-oriented C++/Qt4 framework for RDF data";
-    license = "LGPL";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ sander urkud ];
-    inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/default.nix
index 9d6981f1168f..0e2377f25359 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ kde.modules // kde.individual //
   inherit (kde) manifest modules individual splittedModuleList;
 
   akonadi = callPackage ./support/akonadi { };
-  soprano = callPackage ./support/soprano { };
 
   qt4 = qt47;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/find-virtuoso.patch b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/find-virtuoso.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 649f22a3b746..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/find-virtuoso.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-From: Yury G. Kudryashov <urkud.urkud@gmail.com>
-Subject: [PATCH] Find virtuoso if virtuoso-t is in PATH
-
----
- backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.cpp |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
- backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.h   |    2 +-
- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.cpp b/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.cpp
-index c83605d..c24854e 100644
---- a/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.cpp
-+++ b/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.cpp
-@@ -188,19 +188,19 @@ namespace {
- 
- bool Soprano::Virtuoso::BackendPlugin::isAvailable() const
- {
--#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
--    if ( findVirtuosoDriver().isEmpty() ) {
--        qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "could not find Virtuoso ODBC driver";
--        return false;
--    }
--#endif
--
-     QString virtuosoBin = VirtuosoController::locateVirtuosoBinary();
-     if ( virtuosoBin.isEmpty() ) {
-         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "could not find virtuoso-t binary";
-         return false;
-     }
- 
-+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-+    if ( findVirtuosoDriver(virtuosoBin).isEmpty() ) {
-+        qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "could not find Virtuoso ODBC driver";
-+        return false;
-+    }
-+#endif
-+
-     QString vs = determineVirtuosoVersion( virtuosoBin );
-     if ( vs.isEmpty() ) {
-         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Failed to determine version of the Virtuoso server at" << virtuosoBin;
-@@ -217,9 +217,20 @@ bool Soprano::Virtuoso::BackendPlugin::isAvailable() const
- 
- 
- #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
--QString Soprano::Virtuoso::BackendPlugin::findVirtuosoDriver() const
-+QString Soprano::Virtuoso::BackendPlugin::findVirtuosoDriver( const QString &virtuosoBinHint ) const
- {
--    return Soprano::findLibraryPath( "virtodbc_r", QStringList(), QStringList() << QLatin1String( "virtuoso/plugins/" ) << QLatin1String( "odbc/" ) );
-+    QString virtuosoBin;
-+    if (virtuosoBinHint.isEmpty())
-+        virtuosoBin = VirtuosoController::locateVirtuosoBinary();
-+    else
-+        virtuosoBin = virtuosoBinHint;
-+
-+    QDir virtuosoBinDir = QFileInfo(virtuosoBin).absoluteDir();
-+    return Soprano::findLibraryPath( "virtodbc_r",
-+            QStringList() << virtuosoBinDir.absolutePath()
-+            << virtuosoBinDir.absoluteFilePath("../lib"),
-+            QStringList() << QLatin1String( "virtuoso/plugins/" ) <<
-+            QLatin1String( "odbc/" ) );
- }
- #endif
- 
-diff --git a/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.h b/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.h
-index 3971b83..0807e5d 100644
---- a/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.h
-+++ b/backends/virtuoso/virtuosobackend.h
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Soprano {
- 
- #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-         private:
--            QString findVirtuosoDriver() const;
-+            QString findVirtuosoDriver(const QString &virtuosoBinHint = QString()) const;
- #endif
-         };
-     }
--- 
-tg: (432b73f..) t/find-virtuoso (depends on: master)
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/soprano/default.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/soprano/default.nix
index 9dc6d1d1de60..49e6e6b96df9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.7/support/soprano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/soprano/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches =
-    [ (fetchurl {
+    [ (fetchurl { # Applied upstream, remove if upgrading
         url = https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102466/diff/raw/;
         name = "soprano-virtuoso-restart.patch";
         sha256 = "0jk038fp7ii6847mbxdajhhc7f6ap6lriaklxcqqxf6ddj37gf3y";
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
 
   # We disable the Java backend, since we do not need them and they make the closure size much bigger
-  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 clucene_core librdf_redland libiodbc ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 clucene_core librdf_redland libiodbc ];
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://soprano.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/soprano/find-virtuoso.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/soprano/find-virtuoso.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6c16d51f9960..c43215b787fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4442,6 +4442,8 @@ let
         # optional
   };
 
+  soprano = callPackage ../development/libraries/soprano { };
+
   soqt = callPackage ../development/libraries/soqt { };
 
   speechd = callPackage ../development/libraries/speechd { };