diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/CMakeLists.txt
index cb95a6c08b..6ee22cafaa 100644
--- a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,35 +1,60 @@
 find_package(PythonLibrary)
 set_package_properties(PythonLibrary PROPERTIES
     DESCRIPTION "Python Library"
     URL "http://www.python.org"
     TYPE OPTIONAL
     PURPOSE "Required by the Krita PyQt plugin")
 macro_bool_to_01(PYTHONLIBS_FOUND HAVE_PYTHONLIBS)
     
-
-find_package(SIP "4.18.0")
-set_package_properties(SIP PROPERTIES
-    DESCRIPTION "Support for generating SIP Python bindings"
-    URL "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/download"
-    TYPE OPTIONAL
+find_package(PythonModuleGeneration)
+set_package_properties(PythonModuleGeneration PROPERTIES
+    DESCRIPTION "Automatic generation of SIP bindings"
+    URL "https://api.kde.org/ecm/"
+    TYPE REQUIRED
     PURPOSE "Required by the Krita PyQt plugin")
-macro_bool_to_01(SIP_FOUND HAVE_SIP)    
 
-find_package(PyQt5 "5.6.0")
-set_package_properties(PyQt5 PROPERTIES
-    DESCRIPTION "Python bindings for Qt5."
-    URL "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5"
-    TYPE OPTIONAL
-    PURPOSE "Required by the Krita PyQt plugin")
-macro_bool_to_01(PYQT5_FOUND HAVE_PYQT5)    
-
-if (HAVE_PYQT5 AND HAVE_SIP AND HAVE_PYTHONLIBS)
-
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${SIP_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH})
-    
-add_subdirectory(libkis)
-add_subdirectory(sip)
-add_subdirectory(plugin)
+if (PythonModuleGeneration_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(libkis)
 
+    ecm_generate_python_binding(
+        TARGET kritalibkis
+        PYTHONNAMESPACE krita
+        MODULENAME PyKrita
+        RULES_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libkis/rules_PyKrita.py"
+        SIP_DEPENDS
+            QtCore/QtCoremod.sip
+            QtOpenGL/QtOpenGLmod.sip
+            Qt/Qtmod.sip
+            QtXml/QtXmlmod.sip
+            QtGui/QtGuimod.sip
+            QtWidgets/QtWidgetsmod.sip
+         HEADERS
+            libkis/Action.h
+            libkis/Canvas.h
+            libkis/Channel.h
+            libkis/ColorDepth.h
+            libkis/ColorManager.h
+            libkis/ColorModel.h
+            libkis/ColorProfile.h
+            libkis/DockWidgetFactoryBase.h
+            libkis/DockWidget.h
+            libkis/Document.h
+            libkis/Exporter.h
+            libkis/Filter.h
+            libkis/Generator.h
+            libkis/Importer.h
+            libkis/InfoObject.h
+            libkis/Krita.h
+            libkis/libkis.h
+            libkis/Node.h
+            libkis/Notifier.h
+            libkis/Resource.h
+            libkis/Selection.h
+            libkis/Transformation.h
+            libkis/ViewExtension.h
+            libkis/View.h
+            libkis/Window.h
+    )
+    add_subdirectory(plugin)
 
 endif ()
diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/libkis/rules_PyKrita.py b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/libkis/rules_PyKrita.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..160747be6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/libkis/rules_PyKrita.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2016 by Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301  USA.
+#
+"""
+SIP binding customisation for PyKrita.Krita. This modules describes:
+
+    * The SIP file generator rules.
+"""
+
+import os, sys
+
+import rules_engine
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(rules_engine.__file__)))
+import Qt5Ruleset
+
+from clang.cindex import AccessSpecifier
+
+def discard_base(container, sip, matcher):
+    sip["base_specifiers"] = ""
+
+def local_container_rules():
+    return [
+    ]
+
+def local_parameter_rules():
+    return [
+    ]
+
+def local_function_rules():
+    return [
+    ]
+
+class RuleSet(Qt5Ruleset.RuleSet):
+    """
+    SIP file generator rules. This is a set of (short, non-public) functions
+    and regular expression-based matching rules.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        Qt5Ruleset.RuleSet.__init__(self)
+        self._param_db = rules_engine.ParameterRuleDb(lambda: local_parameter_rules() + Qt5Ruleset.parameter_rules())
+        self._fn_db = rules_engine.FunctionRuleDb(lambda: local_function_rules() + Qt5Ruleset.function_rules())
+        self._container_db = rules_engine.ContainerRuleDb(lambda: local_container_rules() + Qt5Ruleset.container_rules())
+