diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/0001-dlopen-serialport-udev.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/0001-dlopen-serialport-udev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a813dc80074..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/0001-dlopen-serialport-udev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From d81c2c870b9bea8fb8e6b85baefb06542f568338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:16:02 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] dlopen serialport udev
-
----
- src/serialport/qtudev_p.h | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h b/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
-index 6f2cabd..81b9849 100644
---- a/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
-+++ b/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
-@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ inline QFunctionPointer resolveSymbol(QLibrary *udevLibrary, const char *symbolN
- inline bool resolveSymbols(QLibrary *udevLibrary)
- {
-     if (!udevLibrary->isLoaded()) {
--        udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("udev"), 1);
-+        udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("@libudev@/lib/libudev"), 1);
-         if (!udevLibrary->load()) {
--            udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("udev"), 0);
-+            udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("@libudev@/lib/libudev"), 0);
-             if (!udevLibrary->load()) {
-                 qWarning("Failed to load the library: %s, supported version(s): %i and %i", qPrintable(udevLibrary->fileName()), 1, 0);
-                 return false;
--- 
-2.5.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/default.nix
index 1fde2c2bd18e..925e8a808f25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, qtSubmodule, qtbase, substituteAll, systemd }:
+{ stdenv, qtSubmodule, lib, copyPathsToStore, qtbase, substituteAll, systemd }:
 
-with stdenv.lib;
+let inherit (lib) getLib optional; in
 
 qtSubmodule {
   name = "qtserialport";
   qtInputs = [ qtbase ];
-  patches = optionals (stdenv.isLinux) [
-    (substituteAll {
-      src = ./0001-dlopen-serialport-udev.patch;
-      libudev = systemd.lib;
-    })
-  ];
+  patches =  copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
+    optional stdenv.isLinux
+    ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBUDEV="${getLib systemd}/lib/libudev"'';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/qtserialport-dlopen-udev.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/qtserialport-dlopen-udev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65bb64710ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/qtserialport-dlopen-udev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: qtserialport-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
+===================================================================
+--- qtserialport-opensource-src-5.8.0.orig/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
++++ qtserialport-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/serialport/qtudev_p.h
+@@ -111,9 +111,17 @@ inline QFunctionPointer resolveSymbol(QL
+ inline bool resolveSymbols(QLibrary *udevLibrary)
+ {
+     if (!udevLibrary->isLoaded()) {
++#ifdef NIXPKGS_LIBUDEV
++        udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String(NIXPKGS_LIBUDEV), 1);
++#else
+         udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("udev"), 1);
++#endif
+         if (!udevLibrary->load()) {
++#ifdef NIXPKGS_LIBUDEV
++            udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String(NIXPKGS_LIBUDEV), 0);
++#else
+             udevLibrary->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral("udev"), 0);
++#endif
+             if (!udevLibrary->load()) {
+                 qWarning("Failed to load the library: %s, supported version(s): %i and %i", qPrintable(udevLibrary->fileName()), 1, 0);
+                 return false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83f4abf094e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtserialport/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qtserialport-dlopen-udev.patch