diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
index 288f35f23524..5791299bdc12 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqt/5.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 { lib, fetchurl, pythonPackages, pkgconfig
-, qmake, lndir, qtbase, qtsvg, qtwebengine, dbus
+, dbus
+, qmake, lndir
+, qtbase
+, qtsvg
+, qtdeclarative
+, qtwebchannel
 , withConnectivity ? false, qtconnectivity
 , withWebKit ? false, qtwebkit
 , withWebSockets ? false, qtwebsockets
@@ -9,29 +14,61 @@ let
 
   inherit (pythonPackages) buildPythonPackage python isPy3k dbus-python enum34;
 
-  sip = pythonPackages.sip.override { sip-module = "PyQt5.sip"; };
+  sip = (pythonPackages.sip.override { sip-module = "PyQt5.sip"; }).overridePythonAttrs(oldAttrs: {
+    # If we install sip in another folder, then we need to create a __init__.py as well
+    # if we want to be able to import it with Python 2.
+    # Python 3 could rely on it being an implicit namespace package, however,
+    # PyQt5 we made an explicit namespace package so sip should be as well.
+    postInstall = ''
+      cat << EOF > $out/${python.sitePackages}/PyQt5/__init__.py
+      from pkgutil import extend_path
+      __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
+      EOF
+    '';
+  });
 
 in buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "PyQt";
-  version = "5.11.3";
+  pname = "pyqt";
+  version = "5.13.0";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/PyQt5/PyQt-${version}/PyQt5_gpl-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0wqh4srqkcc03rvkwrcshaa028psrq58xkys6npnyhqxc0apvdf9";
+    url = "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt5/${version}/PyQt5_gpl-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ydgdz28f1v17qqz3skyv26k5l0w63fr4dncc5xm49jr2gjzznqc";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qmake lndir sip ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ dbus sip ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtwebengine dbus-python ]
-    ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) enum34
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    qmake
+    lndir
+    sip
+    qtbase
+    qtsvg
+    qtdeclarative
+    qtwebchannel
+  ]
     ++ lib.optional withConnectivity qtconnectivity
     ++ lib.optional withWebKit qtwebkit
-    ++ lib.optional withWebSockets qtwebsockets;
+    ++ lib.optional withWebSockets qtwebsockets
+  ;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    dbus
+    qtbase
+    qtsvg
+    qtdeclarative
+  ]
+    ++ lib.optional withConnectivity qtconnectivity
+    ++ lib.optional withWebKit qtwebkit
+    ++ lib.optional withWebSockets qtwebsockets
+  ;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dbus-python
+    sip
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) enum34;
 
   patches = [
     # Fix some wrong assumptions by ./configure.py
@@ -39,6 +76,10 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     ./pyqt5-fix-dbus-mainloop-support.patch
   ];
 
+  passthru = {
+    inherit sip;
+  };
+
   configurePhase = ''
     runHook preConfigure
 
@@ -62,8 +103,34 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     for i in $out/bin/*; do
       wrapProgram $i --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"
     done
+
+    # Let's make it a namespace package
+    cat << EOF > $out/${python.sitePackages}/PyQt5/__init__.py
+    from pkgutil import extend_path
+    __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
+    EOF
   '';
 
+  installCheckPhase = let
+    modules = [
+      "PyQt5"
+      "PyQt5.QtCore"
+      "PyQt5.QtQml"
+      "PyQt5.QtWidgets"
+      "PyQt5.QtGui"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional withWebSockets "PyQt5.QtWebSockets"
+    ++ lib.optional withWebKit "PyQt5.QtWebKit"
+    ++ lib.optional withConnectivity "PyQt5.QtConnectivity"
+    ;
+    imports = lib.concatMapStrings (module: "import ${module};") modules;
+  in ''
+    echo "Checking whether modules can be imported..."
+    ${python.interpreter} -c "${imports}"
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {