diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libqmi/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libqmi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index beb63f80b80e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libqmi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, python }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libqmi-1.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/core/3.10/3.10.2/sources/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0w4cd7nihp73frh3sfi13fx0rkwmd581xpil54bsjc7pw7z01bd1";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib python ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index e9ec7be55b94..197a135dcaaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ rec {
 
   libpeas = callPackage ./core/libpeas {};
 
-  libqmi = callPackage ./core/libqmi {};
-
   libgweather = callPackage ./core/libgweather { };
 
   libzapojit = callPackage ./core/libzapojit { };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0292067dbb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libqmi-1.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libqmi/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "03gf221yjcdzvnl4v2adwpc6cyg5mlbccn20s00fp5bgvmq81pgs";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib python ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Modem protocol helper library";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c542dfc3612..d7aff1acc06b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ let
 
   libshout = callPackage ../development/libraries/libshout { };
 
+  libqmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqmi { };
+
   libtorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent { };
 
   logcheck = callPackage ../tools/system/logcheck {