diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/files/g++.conf b/recipes-qt/qt5/files/g++.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e58fb15718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/files/g++.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#
+# qmake configuration for common gcc
+#
+
+QMAKE_CC       = $(OE_QMAKE_CC)
+QMAKE_CFLAGS       += -pipe $(OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS)
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += $(OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS)
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS	+= -M
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON	+= -Wall -W
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF	+= -w
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE	+=
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG	+= -g
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB	+= -fPIC
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB	+= -fPIC
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC	+= -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_HIDESYMS   += -fvisibility=hidden
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_PRECOMPILE += -x c-header -c ${QMAKE_PCH_INPUT} -o ${QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT}
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_USE_PRECOMPILE += -include ${QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT_BASE}
+
+QMAKE_CXX      = $(OE_QMAKE_CXX)
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS     += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS $(OE_QMAKE_CXXFLAGS)
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEPS	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_OFF	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_SHLIB	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_STATIC_LIB += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_HIDESYMS += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_HIDESYMS -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_PRECOMPILE += -x c++-header -c ${QMAKE_PCH_INPUT} -o ${QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT}
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_USE_PRECOMPILE = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_USE_PRECOMPILE
+
+QMAKE_LINK     = $(OE_QMAKE_LINK)
+QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB   = $(OE_QMAKE_LINK)
+QMAKE_LINK_C		= $(OE_QMAKE_LINK)
+QMAKE_LINK_C_SHLIB	= $(OE_QMAKE_LINK)
+QMAKE_LFLAGS       += $(OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS)
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE	+=
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_DEBUG	+=
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_APP	+=
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_NOUNDEF	+= -Wl,--no-undefined
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_RPATH        = -Wl,-rpath-link,
+
+QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT_EXT    = .gch
+
+# -Bsymbolic-functions (ld) support
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_BSYMBOLIC_FUNC = -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_DYNAMIC_LIST = -Wl,--dynamic-list,
+
+# some linking helper...
+CONFIG += rpath_libdirs
+
+# for the SDK
+isEmpty(QMAKE_QT_CONFIG):QMAKE_QT_CONFIG = $(OE_QMAKE_QT_CONFIG)
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/files/linux.conf b/recipes-qt/qt5/files/linux.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86703813ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/files/linux.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#
+# qmake configuration for common linux
+#
+
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD	+= -D_REENTRANT
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_THREAD	+= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD
+
+QMAKE_INCDIR          =
+QMAKE_LIBDIR          =
+QMAKE_INCDIR_X11      =
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_X11      =
+QMAKE_INCDIR_QT       = $(OE_QMAKE_INCDIR_QT)
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT       = $(OE_QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT)
+QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL   =
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL   =
+QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES1 = $$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES1 = $$QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL
+QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES2 = $$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES2 = $$QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL
+QMAKE_INCDIR_EGL      =
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_EGL      =
+QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENVG   =
+QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENVG   =
+
+
+QMAKE_LIBS            =
+QMAKE_LIBS_DYNLOAD    = -ldl
+QMAKE_LIBS_X11        = $(OE_QMAKE_LIBS_X11)
+QMAKE_LIBS_X11SM      = $(OE_QMAKE_LIBS_X11SM)
+QMAKE_LIBS_NIS        = -lnsl
+QMAKE_LIBS_EGL        = -lEGL
+QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL     = -lGL
+QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_QT  = -lGL
+QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES1 = -lGLES_CM
+QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2 = -lGLESv2
+QMAKE_LIBS_OPENVG     = -lOpenVG
+QMAKE_LIBS_THREAD     = -lpthread
+
+QMAKE_MOC             = $(OE_QMAKE_MOC)
+QMAKE_UIC             = $(OE_QMAKE_UIC)
+QMAKE_UIC3            = $(OE_QMAKE_UIC3)
+QMAKE_RCC             = $(OE_QMAKE_RCC)
+QMAKE_QDBUSCPP2XML    = $(OE_QMAKE_QDBUSCPP2XML)
+QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP    = $(OE_QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP)
+
+QMAKE_AR              = $(OE_QMAKE_AR) cqs
+QMAKE_OBJCOPY         = objcopy
+QMAKE_RANLIB          =
+
+QMAKE_TAR             = tar -cf
+QMAKE_GZIP            = gzip -9f
+
+QMAKE_COPY            = cp -f
+QMAKE_COPY_FILE       = $(COPY)
+QMAKE_COPY_DIR        = $(COPY) -r
+QMAKE_MOVE            = mv -f
+QMAKE_DEL_FILE        = rm -f
+QMAKE_DEL_DIR         = rmdir
+QMAKE_STRIP           = $(OE_QMAKE_STRIP)
+QMAKE_STRIPFLAGS_LIB += --strip-unneeded
+QMAKE_CHK_DIR_EXISTS  = test -d
+QMAKE_MKDIR           = mkdir -p
+QMAKE_INSTALL_FILE    = install -m 644 -p
+QMAKE_INSTALL_PROGRAM = install -m 755 -p
+
+include(unix.conf)
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+5.0.0-beta2.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+5.0.0-beta2.inc
index 36ac896d06..a0bc754d9a 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+5.0.0-beta2.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+5.0.0-beta2.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ QT_VERSION ?= "5.0.0-beta2"
 
 SRC_URI += " \
   http://releases.qt-project.org/qt5.0/beta2/submodules_tar/${QT_MODULE}-opensource-src-${QT_VERSION}.tar.xz \
+  file://linux.conf \
+  file://g++.conf \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${QT_MODULE}-opensource-src-${QT_VERSION}"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+git.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+git.inc
index b0fca1de6a..2d5bd2b971 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+git.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-4.999+git.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # each module needs to define valid SRCREV
 SRC_URI += " \
   git://qt.gitorious.org/qt/${QT_MODULE}.git;protocol=git \
+  file://linux.conf \
+  file://g++.conf \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-native.inc
index 76e2277dc9..e34bd958c9 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-native.inc
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ do_install() {
 	for i in findtr fixqt4headers.pl moc qdoc qmake rcc qdbuscpp2xml qdbusxml2cpp syncqt; do
 		install -v -m 0755 bin/${i} ${D}${bindir}/${i}
 	done
+	install -d ${D}${datadir}/qt5/
+	cp -PfR mkspecs ${D}${datadir}/qt5/
+	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/g++.conf ${D}${datadir}/qt5/mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
+	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/linux.conf ${D}${datadir}/qt5/mkspecs/common/
 }