diff --git a/pkgs/development/qtcreator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/qtcreator/default.nix
index 2713070ecb4c..60ff5ede75a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/qtcreator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/qtcreator/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4_for_qtcreator }:
 
 let
   version = "2.6.0";
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     md5 = "9bf01098f84a0fe930b2718d11124204";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt4_for_qtcreator ];
 
   doCheck = false;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preConfigure = "qmake";
+  preConfigure = ''
+    qmake -spec linux-g++ "QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=${qt4_for_qtcreator}/include" qtcreator.pro
+  '';
+
   installFlags = "INSTALL_ROOT=$(out)";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e5945703c6c9..df5b806de85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4795,6 +4795,10 @@ let
     gst_plugins_base = null;
   };
 
+  qt4_for_qtcreator = qt48.override {
+    developerBuild = true;
+  };
+
   qtscriptgenerator = callPackage ../development/libraries/qtscriptgenerator { };
 
   quesoglc = callPackage ../development/libraries/quesoglc { };