diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/texstudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/texstudio/default.nix
index 4b0cccae3648..4accf1cad677 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/texstudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/texstudio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, poppler_qt4, zlib, pkgconfig}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, qmake4Hook, poppler_qt4, zlib, pkgconfig}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "texstudio";
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1smmc4xqs8x8qzp6iqj2wr4xarfnxxxp6rq6chx1kb256w75jwfw";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 poppler_qt4 zlib pkgconfig];
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 qmake4Hook poppler_qt4 zlib pkgconfig ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    qmake PREFIX=$out NO_APPDATA=True texstudio.pro
-  '';
+  qmakeFlags = [ "NO_APPDATA=True" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "TeX and LaTeX editor";