diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index d114c54861..604397b136 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_class-native = "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_NATIVE}"
 OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM_NATIVE = "linux-oe-g++"
 OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM = "linux-oe-g++"
 
+# Add -d to show debug output from every qmake call, but it prints *a lot*
+OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT = "-d"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = " MAKEFLAGS='${PARALLEL_MAKE}'"
 
-EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -d -after \
+EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -after \
              INCPATH+=${STAGING_INCDIR}/freetype2 LIBS+=-L${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
              LINK="${CXX} -Wl,-rpath-link,${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
              STRIP="${OE_QMAKE_STRIP}" \
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index 09f636f4a5..03bb29fd4e 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
     unset LD
 
     (echo o; echo yes) | ${S}/configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} || die "Configuring qt failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
-    bin/qmake -d ${S} -o Makefile || die "Configuring qt with qmake failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
+    bin/qmake ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} ${S} -o Makefile || die "Configuring qt with qmake failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
 }
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 6925183527..bc95d24407 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ do_configure_append() {
         -platform ${OE_QMAKESPEC} \
         -xplatform linux-oe-g++ \
         ${QT_CONFIG_FLAGS}
-
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -r -d ${S}
+	
+    bin/qmake -r ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} ${S}
 }
 
 do_compile_append() {
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
index e74ffd9119..fc67e3e029 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ do_configure () {
     # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
     unset LD
 
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -r -d ${S}
+    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r ${S}
 }
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
index 56bb854c11..ea5bd86d08 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ do_configure() {
     # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
     unset LD
 
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -d -r
+    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r ${S}
 }
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
index 707e1da4b7..31eee80bd9 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ do_configure () {
     # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
     unset LD
 
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -r -d ${S}
+    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r ${S}
 }
 
 do_install_append () {