diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cb10e10e4..a83873888 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -511,12 +511,15 @@ endif (USE_ADMIN_TOOLS)
 gopt_test(USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS)
 if (USE_ADMIN_TOOLS)
   if (USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS)
-    find_program(PYUIC NAMES pyuic4 DOC "PyQT UI-compiler executable")
+    find_program(PYUIC NAMES pyuic5 DOC "PyQT UI-compiler executable")
+    if (NOT PYUIC)
+      find_program(PYUIC NAMES pyuic4 DOC "PyQT UI-compiler executable")
+    endif (NOT PYUIC)
     if (NOT PYUIC)
       if (USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS_REQUIRED)
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find PyQt but GUI admin tools requested on command line")
       else (USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS_REQUIRED)
-	message(WARNING "Cannot find PyQt4.  Disabling GUI admin tools")
+	message(WARNING "Cannot find PyQt4 or PyQt5.  Disabling GUI admin tools")
 	set(USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS OFF)
       endif (USE_GUI_ADMIN_TOOLS_REQUIRED)
     endif (NOT PYUIC)