diff --git a/qt5-maint-0017-qtgui-fix-stylesheet-for-qt5.patch b/qt5-maint-0017-qtgui-fix-stylesheet-for-qt5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64b0d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt5-maint-0017-qtgui-fix-stylesheet-for-qt5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From ae10f7b4f1ec25fc2e800d42a061603a08c0283b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bastian Bloessl <bloessl@ccs-labs.org>
+Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:27:55 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 17/22] qtgui: fix stylesheet for qt5
+
+---
+ gr-qtgui/python/qtgui/util.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/gr-qtgui/python/qtgui/util.py b/gr-qtgui/python/qtgui/util.py
+index d2e9495ac6..fffc482615 100644
+--- a/gr-qtgui/python/qtgui/util.py
++++ b/gr-qtgui/python/qtgui/util.py
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from PyQt4 import Qt, QtCore, QtGui
+ from gnuradio import gr
+ 
+ def check_set_qss():
+-    app = QtGui.qApp
++    app = QtWidgets.qApp
+     qssfile = gr.prefs().get_string("qtgui","qss","")
+     if(len(qssfile)>0):
+         try:
+-- 
+2.11.0
+