diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 3d814bf6a304..190b57e1070e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pyqt4, sip, popplerQt4, pkgconfig, libpng
-, imagemagick, libjpeg, fontconfig, podofo, qt48, icu, sqlite
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pyqt5, sip_4_16, poppler, pkgconfig, libpng
+, imagemagick, libjpeg, fontconfig, podofo, qt5, icu, sqlite
 , pil, makeWrapper, unrar, chmlib, pythonPackages, xz, libusb1, libmtp
+, xdg_utils
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "calibre-1.48.0";
+  name = "calibre-2.0.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/calibre/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0wplmf3p4s5zwn9ri8ry18bx7k3pw1c1ngrc4msf7i8icq7hj177";
+    sha256 = "1fpn8icfyag2ybj2ywd81sva56ycsin56gyap5m9j5crx63p4c91";
   };
 
   inherit python;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
-
   patchPhase = ''
-    tar xf ${qt48.src}
-    qtdir=$(realpath $(ls | grep qt | grep 4.8 | grep src))
-    sed -i setup/build_environment.py \
-        -e "s|^qt_private_inc = .*|qt_private_inc = ['$qtdir/include/%s'%(m) for m in ('QtGui', 'QtCore')]|"
+    sed -i "/pyqt_sip_dir/ s:=.*:= '${pyqt5}/share/sip':"  \
+      setup/build_environment.py
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
+
   buildInputs =
-    [ python pyqt4 sip popplerQt4 libpng imagemagick libjpeg
-      fontconfig podofo qt48 pil chmlib icu sqlite libusb1 libmtp
+    [ python pyqt5 sip_4_16 poppler libpng imagemagick libjpeg
+      fontconfig podofo qt5 pil chmlib icu sqlite libusb1 libmtp xdg_utils
       pythonPackages.mechanize pythonPackages.lxml pythonPackages.dateutil
       pythonPackages.cssutils pythonPackages.beautifulsoup pythonPackages.pillow
       pythonPackages.sqlite3 pythonPackages.netifaces pythonPackages.apsw
@@ -33,14 +32,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installPhase = ''
     export HOME=$TMPDIR/fakehome
-    export POPPLER_INC_DIR=${popplerQt4}/include/poppler
-    export POPPLER_LIB_DIR=${popplerQt4}/lib
+    export POPPLER_INC_DIR=${poppler}/include/poppler
+    export POPPLER_LIB_DIR=${poppler}/lib
     export MAGICK_INC=${imagemagick}/include/ImageMagick
     export MAGICK_LIB=${imagemagick}/lib
     export FC_INC_DIR=${fontconfig}/include/fontconfig
     export FC_LIB_DIR=${fontconfig}/lib
     export PODOFO_INC_DIR=${podofo}/include/podofo
     export PODOFO_LIB_DIR=${podofo}/lib
+    export SIP_BIN=${sip_4_16}/bin/sip
     python setup.py install --prefix=$out
 
     PYFILES="$out/bin/* $out/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/*.py
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       $out/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/*.py"
 
     sed -i "s/env python[0-9.]*/python/" $PYFILES
+    sed -i "2i import sys; sys.argv[0] = 'calibre'" $out/bin/calibre
+
     for a in $out/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram $a --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${unrar}/lib --prefix PATH : ${popplerQt4}/bin
+      wrapProgram $a --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH \
+                     --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${unrar}/lib \
+                     --prefix PATH : ${poppler}/bin
     done
   '';
 
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Comprehensive e-book software";
     homepage = http://calibre-ebook.com;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric iElectric ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric iElectric pSub ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dac0abde0ddb..3d4e983c048e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8277,7 +8277,9 @@ let
       inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };
 
-  calibre = callPackage ../applications/misc/calibre { };
+  calibre = callPackage ../applications/misc/calibre {
+    inherit (pythonPackages) pyqt5 sip_4_16;
+  };
 
   camlistore = callPackage ../applications/misc/camlistore { };