diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c13862775268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "qwt-6.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qwt/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "00klw6jsn8z3dnhxg52pqg3hg5mw2sih8prwjxm1hzcivgqxkqx7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e "s|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX.*=.*|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX = $out|g" -i qwtconfig.pri
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = "qmake -after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name} -r";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Qt widgets for technical applications";
+    homepage = http://qwt.sourceforge.net/;
+    # LGPL 2.1 plus a few exceptions (more liberal)
+    license = "Qwt License, Version 1.0";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93405dd80011..b92341445d04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5776,6 +5776,8 @@ let
 
   qwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/qwt {};
 
+  qwt6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/qwt/6.nix { };
+
   rabbitmq-c = callPackage ../development/libraries/rabbitmq-c {};
 
   raul = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/raul { };