diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index fc4700e2d4..aaa7e1cff7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -1054,6 +1054,36 @@ contain over 620 classes.")
          (base32
           "056qmkv02wdcfblqdaxiswrgn4wa88sz22i1x58dpb1iniavplfd"))
        (patches (search-patches "pyqt-configure.patch"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:modules ((srfi srfi-1)
+                  ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                    (sip (string-append out "/share/sip"))
+                    (plugins (string-append out "/plugins"))
+                    (designer (string-append plugins "/designer"))
+                    (qml (string-append plugins "/PyQt5"))
+                    (python (assoc-ref inputs "python"))
+                    (python-version
+                      (last (string-split python #\-)))
+                    (python-major+minor
+                      (string-join
+                        (take (string-split python-version #\.) 2)
+                        "."))
+                    (lib (string-append out "/lib/python"
+                                        python-major+minor
+                                        "/site-packages")))
+               (zero? (system* "python" "configure.py"
+                               "--confirm-license"
+                               "--bindir" bin
+                               "--destdir" lib
+                               "--designer-plugindir" designer
+                               "--qml-plugindir" qml
+                               "--sipdir" sip))))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-sip" ,python-sip)
        ("qt" ,qt)))))