diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fdc920ac2..1eecc9c13 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 language: python
 
+# for python-qt4
+virtualenv:
+  system_site_packages: true
+
 python:
   - 2.6
   - 2.7
   - 3.2
   - 3.3
 
-install: "sudo apt-get -qq install libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev ghostscript"
+install: "sudo apt-get -qq install libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev python-qt4 ghostscript""
 
 script:
   - python setup.py clean
diff --git a/PIL/ImageQt.py b/PIL/ImageQt.py
index d8b838d25..ca8b14b5c 100644
--- a/PIL/ImageQt.py
+++ b/PIL/ImageQt.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # 2006-06-03 fl: created
 # 2006-06-04 fl: inherit from QImage instead of wrapping it
 # 2006-06-05 fl: removed toimage helper; move string support to ImageQt
+# 2013-11-13 fl: add support for Qt5 (aurelien.ballier@cyclonit.com)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2006 by Secret Labs AB
 # Copyright (c) 2006 by Fredrik Lundh
@@ -18,15 +19,18 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from PIL._util import isPath
 
-from PyQt4.QtGui import QImage, qRgb
+try:
+    from PyQt5.QtGui import QImage, qRgba
+except:
+    from PyQt4.QtGui import QImage, qRgba
 
 ##
 # (Internal) Turns an RGB color into a Qt compatible color integer.
 
-def rgb(r, g, b):
+def rgb(r, g, b, a=255):
     # use qRgb to pack the colors, and then turn the resulting long
     # into a negative integer with the same bitpattern.
-    return (qRgb(r, g, b) & 0xffffff) - 0x1000000
+    return (qRgba(r, g, b, a) & 0xffffffff)
 
 ##
 # An PIL image wrapper for Qt.  This is a subclass of PyQt4's QImage
diff --git a/Tests/test_imageqt.py b/Tests/test_imageqt.py
index 8d6ac9f3c..73d1f4b1c 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imageqt.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imageqt.py
@@ -1,9 +1,37 @@
 from tester import *
 
 from PIL import Image
-try:
-    from PIL import ImageQt
-except ImportError as v:
-    skip(v)
 
-success()
+try:
+    from PyQt5.QtGui import QImage, qRgb, qRgba
+except:
+    try:
+        from PyQt4.QtGui import QImage, qRgb, qRgba
+    except:
+        skip('PyQT4 or 5 not installed')
+
+from PIL import ImageQt
+
+def test_rgb():
+    # from https://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qcolor.html
+    # typedef QRgb
+    # An ARGB quadruplet on the format #AARRGGBB, equivalent to an unsigned int.
+
+    assert_equal(qRgb(0,0,0), qRgba(0,0,0,255))
+    
+    def checkrgb(r,g,b):
+        val = ImageQt.rgb(r,g,b)
+        val = val % 2**24 # drop the alpha
+        assert_equal(val >> 16, r)
+        assert_equal(((val >> 8 ) % 2**8), g)
+        assert_equal(val % 2**8, b)
+        
+    checkrgb(0,0,0)
+    checkrgb(255,0,0)
+    checkrgb(0,255,0)
+    checkrgb(0,0,255)
+
+
+def test_image():
+    for mode in ('1', 'RGB', 'RGBA', 'L', 'P'):
+        assert_no_exception(lambda: ImageQt.ImageQt(lena(mode)))
diff --git a/docs/reference/ImageQt.rst b/docs/reference/ImageQt.rst
index 2f5cccf45..e63fd99fe 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ImageQt.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/ImageQt.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 :py:mod:`ImageQt` Module
 ========================
 
-The :py:mod:`ImageQt` module contains support for creating PyQt4 QImage objects
+The :py:mod:`ImageQt` module contains support for creating PyQt4 or PyQt5 QImage objects
 from PIL images.
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.1.6
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from PIL images.
     Creates an :py:class:`~PIL.ImageQt.ImageQt` object from a PIL
     :py:class:`~PIL.Image.Image` object. This class is a subclass of
     QtGui.QImage, which means that you can pass the resulting objects directly
-    to PyQt4 API functions and methods.
+    to PyQt4/5 API functions and methods.
 
     This operation is currently supported for mode 1, L, P, RGB, and RGBA
     images. To handle other modes, you need to convert the image first.