diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
index 4b29f55573..369b3d5ae0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INC_PR = "r50"
 QT_GLFLAGS ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', '-opengl', '-no-opengl', d)} "
 QT_GLFLAGS_qemux86 = "-opengl"
 QT_GLFLAGS_qemuppc = "-opengl"
-QT_X11_FLAGS ?= "-no-xinerama -no-xkb"
+QT_X11_FLAGS ?= "-no-xinerama -no-xkb -no-gtkstyle"
 QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += "${QT_X11_FLAGS}"
 QT_BASE_LIB  ?= "libqt"