diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/minitube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/minitube/default.nix
index f9d887189ec9..1a621032125b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/minitube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/minitube/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, phonon, phonon_backend_vlc, qt4
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, phonon, phonon_backend_vlc, qt4, qmake4Hook
 # "Free" API key generated by nckx <tobias.geerinckx.rice@gmail.com>
 , withAPIKey ? "AIzaSyBtFgbln3bu1swQC-naMxMtKh384D3xJZE" }:
 
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ phonon phonon_backend_vlc qt4 ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper qmake4Hook ];
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    qmake PREFIX=$out "DEFINES += APP_GOOGLE_API_KEY=${withAPIKey}"
-  '';
+  qmakeFlags = [ "DEFINES+=APP_GOOGLE_API_KEY=${withAPIKey}" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;