diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index 5f83d12d7d..dd58dacf93 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -91,3 +91,26 @@ EOF
 # HostSpec The location where to install host mkspec
 
 addtask generate_qt_config_file after do_patch before do_configure
+
+qmake5_base_do_configure () {
+    if [ -z "${QMAKE_PROFILES}" ]; then
+        PROFILES="`ls ${S}/*.pro`"
+    else
+        PROFILES="${QMAKE_PROFILES}"
+        bbnote "qmake using profiles: '${QMAKE_PROFILES}'"
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -z "${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST}" ]; then
+        AFTER="-after"
+        QMAKE_VARSUBST_POST="${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST}"
+        bbnote "qmake postvar substitution: '${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST}'"
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -z "${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE}" ]; then
+        QMAKE_VARSUBST_PRE="${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE}"
+        bbnote "qmake prevar substitution: '${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE}'"
+    fi
+
+    CMD="${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -makefile -o Makefile ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r $QMAKE_VARSUBST_PRE $AFTER $PROFILES $QMAKE_VARSUBST_POST"
+    $CMD || die "Error calling $CMD"
+}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
index a4ac90b6ed..4e78577a1f 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 O.S. Systems Software LTDA.
 
-inherit qmake5_base
+inherit qmake5
 
 # Qt5 is dependent on icu for localization
 ICU = "icu "
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ do_configure() {
         # Existing separate build directory, exists, remove
         rm -rf "${B}/*"
     fi
+
+    qmake5_base_do_configure
 }
 
 do_compile() {
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5module.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5module.inc
index 45053f0b52..bbb05a6557 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5module.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5module.inc
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 require qt5.inc
 
 DEPENDS += "qtbase"
-
-inherit qmake5
-
-do_configure_append () {
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r ${S}
-}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 0a8b739781..531c88fe83 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -49,12 +49,28 @@ EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="bin/qmake ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -after \
 # qtbase is exception, we need to use mkspecs from ${S}
 QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH = "${B}"
 
-do_configure_append() {
+# another exception is that we need to run bin/qmake, because EffectivePaths are relative to qmake location
+OE_QMAKE_QMAKE_ORIG := "${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE}"
+OE_QMAKE_QMAKE = "bin/qmake"
+
+do_configure() {
+    set_arch
+    set_endian
+
+    # Avoid problems with the linkers, since we want the linker to be g++
+    unset LD
+
+    # Similar logic is in autotools.bbclass
+    if [ -d ${B} -a "${S}" != "${B}" ] ; then
+        # Existing separate build directory, exists, remove
+        rm -rf "${B}/*"
+    fi
+
     # we need symlink in path relative to source, because
     # EffectivePaths:Prefix is relative to qmake location
     if [ ! -e ${B}/bin/qmake ]; then
         mkdir ${B}/bin
-        ln -sf ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${B}/bin/qmake
+        ln -sf ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE_ORIG} ${B}/bin/qmake
     fi
 
     ${S}/configure -v \
@@ -83,8 +99,8 @@ do_configure_append() {
         -platform ${OE_QMAKESPEC} \
         -xplatform linux-oe-g++ \
         ${QT_CONFIG_FLAGS}
-	
-    bin/qmake -r ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} ${S}
+
+    qmake5_base_do_configure
 }
 
 do_compile_append() {