diff --git a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
index 24a0f11f46..a054efd249 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ oe_qmake_mkspecs () {
     done
 }
 
+do_generate_qt_config_file() {
+	export QT_CONF_PATH=${WORKDIR}/qt.conf
+	cat > ${WORKDIR}/qt.conf <<EOF
+[Paths]
+Prefix =
+Binaries = ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}
+Headers = ${STAGING_INCDIR}/qt4
+Plugins = ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/qt4/plugins/
+Mkspecs = ${STAGING_DATADIR}/qt4/mkspecs/
+EOF
+}
+
+addtask generate_qt_config_file after do_patch before do_configure
+
 qmake_base_do_configure() {
 	case ${QMAKESPEC} in
 	*linux-oe-g++|*linux-uclibc-oe-g++|*linux-gnueabi-oe-g++)