diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b15924903..5dc23b2719 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,34 +1,47 @@
 SET(PREFIX_ext_pyqt "${EXTPREFIX}" )
 if (UNIX)
     ExternalProject_Add( ext_pyqt
         DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
         URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/PyQt5_gpl-5.6.tar.gz
         URL_MD5 dbfc885c0548e024ba5260c4f44e0481
         
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/python3 <SOURCE_DIR>/configure.py --confirm-license
         BUILD_COMMAND make
         INSTALL_COMMAND make install
         
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
-        ALWAYS 0
     )
 elseif(MINGW)
+    list(APPEND _PYQT_conf
+        --confirm-license
+        --target-py-version 3.6
+        --bindir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin
+        --qt ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}
+        --sip ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/sip.exe
+        --sip-incdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/include
+        --spec win32-g++
+        --verbose
+        --sipdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/share/sip
+        --destdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/share/krita/pykrita
+        --no-qml-plugin --no-python-dbus --no-qsci-api --no-tools
+        --disable QtSql --disable QtTest --disable QtWinExtras
+    )
     ExternalProject_Add( ext_pyqt
         DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-        URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/PyQt5_gpl-5.6.zip
-        URL_MD5 916e79bacda1799f8db7bc034043e450
-        
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND python.exe <SOURCE_DIR>/configure.py --confirm-license --target-py-version 3.6 --bindir {PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin --qt ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt} --sip ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/sip.exe --sip-incdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/include --target-py-version 3.6 --spec win32-g++ --verbose --sipdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/share/sip --destdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin --no-qml-plugin --no-python-dbus --no-qsci-api --no-tools
-        BUILD_COMMAND mingw32-make
-        INSTALL_COMMAND mingw32-make install
+        URL https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt5/PyQt-5.9/PyQt5_gpl-5.9.zip
+        URL_MD5 d978884753df265896eda436d8f4e07b
+        PATCH_COMMAND  ${PATCH_COMMAND} -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pyqt-configure-fix.patch
+
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND python.exe <SOURCE_DIR>/configure.py ${_PYQT_conf}
+        BUILD_COMMAND mingw32-make -j${SUBMAKE_JOBS} CXXFLAGS=-D_hypot=hypot
+        INSTALL_COMMAND mingw32-make -j${SUBMAKE_JOBS} install
         
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
-        ALWAYS 0
     )
 
 endif()
 
diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/pyqt-configure-fix.patch b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/pyqt-configure-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d896664e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/pyqt-configure-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/configure.py	2017-07-03 18:25:14.000000000 +0800
++++ b/configure.py	2017-07-15 01:19:44.622435500 +0800
+@@ -2168,10 +2168,8 @@
+     if source is None:
+         for disabled in run_test_program(mname, test, verbose):
+             if disabled:
+-                inform("Disabled %s features: %s" % (mname,
+-                        ', '.join(disabled)))
+-
+-            target_config.pyqt_disabled_features.extend(disabled)
++                inform("Disabled %s features: %s" % (mname, disabled))
++                target_config.pyqt_disabled_features.append(disabled)
+ 
+     # Include the module in the build.
+     target_config.pyqt_modules.append(mname)