diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-qtconsole/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-qtconsole/package.py
index 434766f72a057f8d87944d5f8a6ac2bcc2730814..9fd8475662f718b90411bfa7972a7037b58f7ccc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-qtconsole/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-qtconsole/package.py
@@ -12,15 +12,18 @@ class PyQtconsole(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "http://ipython.org"
     url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/q/qtconsole/qtconsole-4.2.1.tar.gz"
 
+    version('4.5.1', sha256='4af84facdd6f00a6b9b2927255f717bb23ae4b7a20ba1d9ef0a5a5a8dbe01ae2')
     version('4.2.1', sha256='25ec7d345528b3e8f3c91be349dd3c699755f206dc4b6ec668e2e5dd60ea18ef')
 
     variant('doc', default=False, description='Build documentation')
 
+    depends_on('python@2.7:2.8,3.3:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-ipykernel@4.1:',      type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-jupyter-client@4.1:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-jupyter-core',        type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pygments',            type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-traitlets',           type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-ipython-genutils',    type=('build', 'run'), when='@4.5.1:')
     depends_on('py-sphinx@1.3:',         type=('build', 'run'), when='+docs')
 
     depends_on('py-mock', type='test', when='^python@2.7:2.8')