diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
index 0c00553f2711..ba67a755de4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , mpich2
 , python
 , libxml2
-, mesa
+, mesa, libXt
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 hdf5 mpich2 python libxml2 mesa ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 hdf5 mpich2 python libxml2 mesa libXt ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.paraview.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8c2a7736a7d2..8936f6fd7005 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7354,6 +7354,8 @@ let
     qt4 = qt47;
   };
 
+  paraviewQt48 = paraview.override { qt4 = qt48; };
+
   pdftk = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdftk { };
 
   pidgin = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {