diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc
index 6a1a7375c3..87269850ab 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 require qt5.inc
 
-DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative gstreamer alsa-lib "
+DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative gstreamer gst-plugins-base alsa-lib "
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[openal] = ",,openal-soft"
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+    # disable openal test if it isn't enabled by PACKAGECONFIG
+    sed -i 's/^qtCompileTest(openal)/OE_OPENAL_ENABLED:qtCompileTest(openal)/g' ${S}/qtmultimedia.pro
+}
+
+EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE += "${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'openal', 'CONFIG+=OE_OPENAL_ENABLED', '', d)}"