diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
index d4c6f24d69a..b2a2d879979 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,47 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pam, pkgconfig, libxcb, glib, libXdmcp, itstool, libxml2
-, intltool, x11, libxklavier, libgcrypt, dbus/*for tests*/ }:
+, intltool, x11, libxklavier, libgcrypt
+, qt4 ? null, qt5 ? null
+}:
 
 let
-  ver_branch = "1.8";
-  version = "1.8.6";
+  ver_branch = "1.13";
+  version = "1.13.1";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "lightdm-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/${ver_branch}/${version}/+download/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "17ivc0c4dbnc0fzd581j53cn6hdav34zz2hswjzy8aczbpk605qi";
+    sha256 = "0xa23maq6phkfil8xx26viig2m99sbzcf1w7s56hns2qw6pycn79";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./lightdm.patch ];
-  patchFlags = "-p1";
-
   buildInputs = [
     pkgconfig pam libxcb glib libXdmcp itstool libxml2 intltool libxklavier libgcrypt
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck dbus.daemon;
+    qt4 qt5
+  ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-liblightdm-gobject" "--localstatedir=/var" ];
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-liblightdm-gobject"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (qt4 != null) "--enable-liblightdm-qt"
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (qt5 != null) "--enable-liblightdm-qt5";
 
-  doCheck = false; # some tests fail, don't know why
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=\${out}" ];
 
-  meta = {
+  # Correct for the nested nix folder tree
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/$out/* $out
+    DIR=$out/$out
+    while rmdir $DIR 2>/dev/null; do
+      DIR="$(dirname "$DIR")"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://launchpad.net/lightdm;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ocharles ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ocharles wkennington ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/lightdm.patch b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/lightdm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d81e0aae56d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/lightdm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/liblightdm-gobject/greeter.c b/liblightdm-gobject/greeter.c
-index 9387118..635cea0 100644
---- a/liblightdm-gobject/greeter.c
-+++ b/liblightdm-gobject/greeter.c
-@@ -567,6 +567,21 @@ lightdm_greeter_get_default_session_hint (LightDMGreeter *greeter)
- }
- 
- /**
-+ * lightdm_greeter_get_config_path
-+ * @greeter: A #LightDMGreeter
-+ *
-+ * Get the config path to LightDM.
-+ *
-+ * Return value: The path to the current LightDM configuration file.
-+ **/
-+const gchar *
-+lightdm_greeter_get_config_path (LightDMGreeter *greeter)
-+{
-+    g_return_val_if_fail (LIGHTDM_IS_GREETER (greeter), NULL);
-+    return lightdm_greeter_get_hint (greeter, "config-path");
-+}
-+
-+/**
-  * lightdm_greeter_get_hide_users_hint:
-  * @greeter: A #LightDMGreeter
-  *
-diff --git a/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/greeter.h b/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/greeter.h
-index 7d8988f..2b54909 100644
---- a/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/greeter.h
-+++ b/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/greeter.h
-@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ gboolean lightdm_greeter_get_select_guest_hint (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
- 
- const gchar *lightdm_greeter_get_autologin_user_hint (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
- 
-+const gchar *lightdm_greeter_get_config_path (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
-+
- gboolean lightdm_greeter_get_autologin_guest_hint (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
- 
- gint lightdm_greeter_get_autologin_timeout_hint (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
-diff --git a/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/session.h b/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/session.h
-index 13ddcd9..cdb2fd6 100644
---- a/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/session.h
-+++ b/liblightdm-gobject/lightdm/session.h
-@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
- #define LIGHTDM_SESSION_H_
- 
- #include <glib-object.h>
-+#include "greeter.h"
- 
- G_BEGIN_DECLS
- 
-@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ typedef struct
- 
- GType lightdm_session_get_type (void);
- 
--GList *lightdm_get_sessions (void);
-+GList *lightdm_get_sessions (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
- 
--GList *lightdm_get_remote_sessions (void);
-+GList *lightdm_get_remote_sessions (LightDMGreeter *greeter);
- 
- const gchar *lightdm_session_get_key (LightDMSession *session);
- 
-diff --git a/liblightdm-gobject/session.c b/liblightdm-gobject/session.c
-index 949778f..db5e18a 100644
---- a/liblightdm-gobject/session.c
-+++ b/liblightdm-gobject/session.c
-@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
- 
-+#include "lightdm/greeter.h"
- #include "lightdm/session.h"
- 
- enum {
-@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ load_sessions (const gchar *sessions_dir)
- }
- 
- static void
--update_sessions (void)
-+update_sessions (LightDMGreeter *greeter)
- {
-     GKeyFile *config_key_file = NULL;
-     gchar *config_path = NULL;
-@@ -205,8 +206,7 @@ update_sessions (void)
-     remote_sessions_dir = g_strdup (REMOTE_SESSIONS_DIR);
- 
-     /* Use session directory from configuration */
--    /* FIXME: This should be sent in the greeter connection */
--    config_path = g_build_filename (CONFIG_DIR, "lightdm.conf", NULL);
-+    config_path = g_strdup (lightdm_greeter_get_config_path (greeter));
-     config_key_file = g_key_file_new ();
-     result = g_key_file_load_from_file (config_key_file, config_path, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, &error);
-     if (error && !g_error_matches (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_NOENT))
-@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ update_sessions (void)
-  * Return value: (element-type LightDMSession) (transfer none): A list of #LightDMSession
-  **/
- GList *
--lightdm_get_sessions (void)
-+lightdm_get_sessions (LightDMGreeter *greeter)
- {
--    update_sessions ();
-+    update_sessions (greeter);
-     return local_sessions;
- }
- 
-@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ lightdm_get_sessions (void)
-  * Return value: (element-type LightDMSession) (transfer none): A list of #LightDMSession
-  **/
- GList *
--lightdm_get_remote_sessions (void)
-+lightdm_get_remote_sessions (LightDMGreeter *greeter)
- {
--    update_sessions ();
-+    update_sessions (greeter);
-     return remote_sessions;
- }
- 
-diff --git a/src/lightdm.c b/src/lightdm.c
-index 7d35034..910164c 100644
---- a/src/lightdm.c
-+++ b/src/lightdm.c
-@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
-         }
-     }
-     g_clear_error (&error);
-+
-+    config_set_string (config_get_instance (), "SeatDefaults", "config-path", config_path);
-+
-     g_free (config_path);
- 
-     /* Set default values */
-diff --git a/src/seat.c b/src/seat.c
-index e2b9c2c..a950ea2 100644
---- a/src/seat.c
-+++ b/src/seat.c
-@@ -1137,6 +1137,7 @@ create_greeter_session (Seat *seat)
-     greeter_set_hint (greeter_session, "show-manual-login", seat_get_boolean_property (seat, "greeter-show-manual-login") ? "true" : "false");
-     greeter_set_hint (greeter_session, "show-remote-login", seat_get_boolean_property (seat, "greeter-show-remote-login") ? "true" : "false");
-     greeter_set_hint (greeter_session, "has-guest-account", seat_get_allow_guest (seat) && seat_get_boolean_property (seat, "greeter-allow-guest") ? "true" : "false");
-+    greeter_set_hint (greeter_session, "config-path", seat_get_string_property (seat, "config-path"));
- 
-     g_object_unref (session_config);
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f3f3fb9a8c..361d58f6b92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11459,7 +11459,12 @@ let
 
   dropbox-cli = callPackage ../applications/networking/dropbox-cli { };
 
-  lightdm = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/lightdm { };
+  lightdm = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/lightdm {
+    qt4 = null;
+    qt5 = null;
+  };
+
+  lightdm_qt = lightdm.override { qt5 = qt5; };
 
   lightdm_gtk_greeter = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/lightdm-gtk-greeter { };