diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git-kde/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git-kde/default.nix
index f282fa6635b8..e8f9078a839e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git-kde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git-kde/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, qt4, subversion, apr}:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, qt4, qmake4Hook, subversion, apr }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "svn2git-kde-1.0.5";
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "818673fe751b00a42b6ed3e78a783549fb09b5245a01dee47b3dded667bfc582";
   };
 
-  buildPhase = ''
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${apr}/include/apr-1" "-I${subversion.dev}/include/subversion-1" "-DVER=\"${src.rev}\"" ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
     sed -i 's|/bin/cat|cat|' ./src/repository.cpp
-    qmake
-    make CXXFLAGS='-I${apr}/include/apr-1 -I${subversion.dev}/include/subversion-1 -DVER="\"${src.rev}\""'
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ subversion apr qt4 ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake4Hook ];
+
   meta.broken = true;
 }