diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/default.nix
index e3b3d71918924..8316c560b0699 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0w0aiszjd58ynxpacwcgf052zpmbpcym4dhci64vbfgch6wryz0w";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./scons.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./qt-5.11.patch ./scons.patch ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qttools scons ];
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
     "-I${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2"
     "-I${miniupnpc}/include/miniupnpc"
+    "-I${qtwebkit.dev}/include/QtWebKit"
+    "-I${qtwebkit.dev}/include/QtWebKitWidgets"
   ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/qt-5.11.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/qt-5.11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..911e7570427f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/swift-im/qt-5.11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/Swift/QtUI/UserSearch/QtUserSearchWindow.h
++++ b/Swift/QtUI/UserSearch/QtUserSearchWindow.h
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+
+ #include <set>
+
++#include <QAbstractItemModel>
+ #include <QWizard>
+
+ #include <Swiften/Base/Override.h>