diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebugRunner.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebugRunner.java
index 5cc3106ca2df..e7d4523cf684 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebugRunner.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebugRunner.java
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ public class PyDebugRunner extends GenericProgramRunner {
     }
 
     if (PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.getInstance(project).isSupportQtDebugging()) {
-      debugParams.addParameter("--qt-support");
+      String pyQtBackend = PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.getInstance(project).getPyQtBackend().toLowerCase();
+      debugParams.addParameter(String.format("--qt-support=%s", pyQtBackend));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.form b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.form
index b49ffbad6d12..75154d2c47c2 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.form
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.form
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <grid id="27dc6" binding="myMainPanel" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="2" column-count="1" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
     <margin top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     <constraints>
-      <xy x="20" y="20" width="572" height="303"/>
+      <xy x="20" y="20" width="585" height="303"/>
     </constraints>
     <properties/>
     <border type="none"/>
     <children>
-      <grid id="62c2a" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="4" column-count="4" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
+      <grid id="62c2a" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="4" column-count="6" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
         <margin top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
         <constraints>
           <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0" fill="3" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <children>
           <component id="36ff9" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myAttachToSubprocess">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="5" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Attach to subprocess automatically while debugging"/>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
           </component>
           <component id="39b74" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="mySaveSignatures">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <actionCommand value="Save call signatures"/>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
           </component>
           <component id="34fab" class="javax.swing.JButton" binding="myClearCacheButton">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="4" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Clear caches"/>
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
           </component>
           <hspacer id="f4dfd">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="1" hsize-policy="6" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="5" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="1" hsize-policy="6" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
           </hspacer>
           <component id="c79a5" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="mySupportGevent">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="5" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Gevent compatible"/>
@@ -65,10 +65,24 @@
           </component>
           <component id="b392f" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel" binding="warningIcon" custom-create="true">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties/>
           </component>
+          <component id="f0d4d" class="com.intellij.openapi.ui.ComboBox" binding="myPyQtBackend">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="3" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="2" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+            <properties/>
+          </component>
+          <component id="23e2" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="3" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="4" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+            <properties>
+              <text value="                                             "/>
+            </properties>
+          </component>
         </children>
       </grid>
       <vspacer id="5915a">
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.java
index ae81a612dbe0..b6fae30ba87a 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerConfigurable.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.options.Configurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurationException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.ComboBox;
 import com.intellij.ui.TooltipWithClickableLinks;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBCheckBox;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel;
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static com.jetbrains.python.debugger.PyDebugSupportUtils.DEBUGGER_WARNING_MESSAGE;
 
@@ -44,12 +50,22 @@ public class PyDebuggerConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configura
   private JCheckBox mySupportGevent;
   private JBCheckBox mySupportQt;
   private JBLabel warningIcon;
+  private ComboBox<String> myPyQtBackend;
+  private List<String> myPyQtBackendsList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("Auto", "PyQt4", "PyQt5", "PySide"));
 
   private final Project myProject;
 
   public PyDebuggerConfigurable(Project project, final PyDebuggerOptionsProvider settings) {
     myProject = project;
     mySettings = settings;
+    myPyQtBackendsList.forEach(e -> myPyQtBackend.addItem(e));
+
+    mySupportQt.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
+        myPyQtBackend.setEnabled(mySupportQt.isSelected());
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   public String getDisplayName() {
@@ -79,7 +95,8 @@ public class PyDebuggerConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configura
     return myAttachToSubprocess.isSelected() != mySettings.isAttachToSubprocess() ||
            mySaveSignatures.isSelected() != mySettings.isSaveCallSignatures() ||
            mySupportGevent.isSelected() != mySettings.isSupportGeventDebugging() ||
-           mySupportQt.isSelected() != mySettings.isSupportQtDebugging();
+           mySupportQt.isSelected() != mySettings.isSupportQtDebugging() ||
+           !myPyQtBackend.getSelectedItem().equals(mySettings.getPyQtBackend());
   }
 
   public void apply() throws ConfigurationException {
@@ -87,6 +104,7 @@ public class PyDebuggerConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configura
     mySettings.setSaveCallSignatures(mySaveSignatures.isSelected());
     mySettings.setSupportGeventDebugging(mySupportGevent.isSelected());
     mySettings.setSupportQtDebugging(mySupportQt.isSelected());
+    mySettings.setPyQtBackend(myPyQtBackendsList.get(myPyQtBackend.getSelectedIndex()));
   }
 
   public void reset() {
@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ public class PyDebuggerConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configura
     mySaveSignatures.setSelected(mySettings.isSaveCallSignatures());
     mySupportGevent.setSelected(mySettings.isSupportGeventDebugging());
     mySupportQt.setSelected(mySettings.isSupportQtDebugging());
+    myPyQtBackend.setSelectedItem(mySettings.getPyQtBackend());
   }
 
   public void disposeUIResources() {
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.java
index 6ae122235a04..cbc502e75e7c 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/debugger/PyDebuggerOptionsProvider.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class PyDebuggerOptionsProvider implements PersistentStateComponent<PyDeb
     myState.mySaveCallSignatures = state.mySaveCallSignatures;
     myState.mySupportGeventDebugging = state.mySupportGeventDebugging;
     myState.mySupportQtDebugging = state.mySupportQtDebugging;
+    myState.myPyQtBackend = state.myPyQtBackend;
   }
 
   public static class State {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public class PyDebuggerOptionsProvider implements PersistentStateComponent<PyDeb
     public boolean mySaveCallSignatures = false;
     public boolean mySupportGeventDebugging = false;
     public boolean mySupportQtDebugging = true;
+    public String myPyQtBackend = "auto";
   }
 
 
@@ -94,5 +96,13 @@ public class PyDebuggerOptionsProvider implements PersistentStateComponent<PyDeb
   public void setSupportQtDebugging(boolean supportQtDebugging) {
     myState.mySupportQtDebugging = supportQtDebugging;
   }
+
+  public String getPyQtBackend() {
+    return myState.myPyQtBackend;
+  }
+
+  public void setPyQtBackend(String backend) {
+    myState.myPyQtBackend = backend;
+  }
 }