diff --git a/classes/qmake5.bbclass b/classes/qmake5.bbclass
index 00d6c0eaec..68c19f7fa4 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5.bbclass
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ inherit qmake5_base
 QT5TOOLSDEPENDS ?= "qtbase-native "
 DEPENDS_prepend = "${QT5TOOLSDEPENDS}"
 
-export QMAKESPEC = "${STAGING_DATADIR}/qt5/mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
-export OE_QMAKE_UIC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/uic"
-export OE_QMAKE_MOC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/moc"
-export OE_QMAKE_RCC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/rcc"
-export OE_QMAKE_QMAKE = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake"
 export OE_QMAKE_LINK = "${CXX}"
 export OE_QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = "${CXXFLAGS}"
 export OE_QMAKE_INCDIR_QT = "${STAGING_INCDIR}/qt5"
diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index ee5ff7800b..b92799674a 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -1,35 +1,51 @@
+QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH ?= "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs"
+OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM = "${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
+QMAKESPEC := "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/${OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM}"
 
-# We override this completely to eliminate the -e normally passed in
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS= '
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS=${PARALLEL_MAKE} '
 
-export OE_QMAKE_CC="${CC}"
-export OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
-export OE_QMAKE_CXX="${CXX}"
-export OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-export OE_QMAKE_AR="${AR} cqs"
-export OE_QMAKE_STRIP="echo"
-export OE_QMAKE_RPATH="-Wl,-rpath-link,"
+EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -d -after \
+             INCPATH+=${STAGING_INCDIR}/freetype2 LIBS+=-L${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
+             LINK="${CXX} -Wl,-rpath-link,${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
+             AR="${TARGET_PREFIX}ar cqs" \
+             MOC="${OE_QMAKE_MOC}" \
+             UIC="${OE_QMAKE_UIC}" \
+             RCC="${OE_QMAKE_RCC}" \
+             MAKE="make -e ${PARALLEL_MAKE}"'
+
+export QMAKESPEC = "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
+export OE_QMAKE_QMAKE = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/qmake"
+export OE_QMAKE_UIC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/uic"
+export OE_QMAKE_MOC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/moc"
+export OE_QMAKE_RCC = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/rcc"
+export OE_QMAKE_CC = "${CC}"
+export OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS = "${CFLAGS}"
+export OE_QMAKE_CXX = "${CXX}"
+export OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS = "${LDFLAGS}"
+export OE_QMAKE_AR = "${AR} cqs"
+export OE_QMAKE_STRIP = "echo"
+export OE_QMAKE_RPATH = "-Wl,-rpath-link,"
+export OE_QMAKE_CONF_COMPILER = "g++"
+export QT_CONF_PATH = "${WORKDIR}/qt.conf"
+export QT_DIR_NAME ?= "qt5"
 
 # do not export STRIP to the environment
 STRIP[unexport] = "1"
 
 do_generate_qt_config_file() {
-
-    export QT_CONF_PATH=${WORKDIR}/qt.conf
     cat > ${WORKDIR}/qt.conf <<EOF
 [Paths]
 Binaries = ${bindir}
-Headers = ${STAGING_INCDIR}/qt5
-Plugins = ${libdir}/qt5/plugins
-Libraries = ${STAGING_LIBDIR}
-Imports = ${datadir}/qt5/imports
-Qml2Imports = ${libdir}/qt5/qml
-Documentation=${docdir}/qt5
-Data = ${datadir}/qt5
-HostData = ${STAGING_DATADIR}/qt5
-HostBinaries = ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}
+Libraries = ${libdir}
+Prefix = ${prefix}
+Headers = ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+Data = ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+ArchData = ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+Documentation = ${docdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+HostData = ${STAGING_DATADIR}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+HostSpecPath = ${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}
+HostBinaries = ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
 EOF
-
 }
 
 addtask generate_qt_config_file after do_patch before do_configure
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
index 97f3ee17e8..8d5dd81edc 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
@@ -55,19 +55,11 @@ QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += " \
   ${QT_DEMOS} \
 "
 
-EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake -d -after \
-             INCPATH+=${STAGING_INCDIR}/freetype2 LIBS+=-L${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
-             LINK="${CXX} -Wl,-rpath-link,${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
-             AR="${TARGET_PREFIX}ar cqs" \
-             MOC="${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/moc" UIC="${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/uic" MAKE="make -e ${PARALLEL_MAKE}"'
-
-export QT_CONF_PATH="${S}/qt.conf"
-
 do_configure() {
     set_endian
 
     if [ ! -e bin/qmake ]; then
-        ln -sf ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake bin/qmake
+        ln -sf ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} bin/qmake
     fi
 
     # Avoid problems with the linkers, since we want the linker to be g++
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index db1292cd38..c401c7bde4 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -3,18 +3,24 @@ DEPENDS = "zlib-native dbus-native"
 SECTION = "libs"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qt-project.org"
 
-INC_PR = "r0"
+INC_PR = "r1"
 
 inherit native
 
 QT_MODULE = "qtbase"
 
+SSTATE_SCAN_FILES += "*.pri *.prl"
+QT_DIR_NAME ?= "qt5"
+
 SRC_URI += " \
   file://0001-qlibraryinfo-Allow-the-specification-of-where-to-loa.patch \
   file://0003-qtbase-Allow-qt.conf-override-when-bootstrapping.patch \
   file://0001-Always-build-uic.patch \
 "
 
+EXTRA_ENV = 'MAKE="make -e ${PARALLEL_MAKE}"'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS=${PARALLEL_MAKE} '
+
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
   -prefix ${prefix} \
   -L ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE} \
@@ -34,9 +40,14 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
   -no-openssl \
   -no-xcb \
   -verbose -release \
-  -headerdir ${includedir}/qt5 \
-  -datadir ${datadir}/qt5 \
-  -docdir ${docdir}/qt5 \
+  -prefix ${prefix} \
+  -bindir ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -headerdir ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -archdatadir ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -datadir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -docdir ${docdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -hostdatadir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+  -hostbindir ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
   -no-glib \
   -no-iconv \
   -silent \
@@ -54,10 +65,10 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	install -d ${D}${bindir}/
-	for i in findtr fixqt4headers.pl moc qdoc qmake rcc qdbuscpp2xml qdbusxml2cpp syncqt uic; do
-		install -v -m 0755 bin/${i} ${D}${bindir}/${i}
-	done
-	install -d ${D}${datadir}/qt5/
-	cp -PfR mkspecs ${D}${datadir}/qt5/
+	oe_runmake install INSTALL_ROOT=${D}
+	ln -sf linux-g++ ${D}${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs/${BUILD_OS}-oe-g++
+
+	# replace common files with our version
+	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/g++.conf ${D}${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
+	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/linux.conf ${D}${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs/common/linux.conf
 }
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index f420d37ad0..d4a5652def 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ do_configure_append() {
     echo "Translations=${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/translations"  >> $QT_CONF_PATH
     echo "Settings=${sysconfdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"                >> $QT_CONF_PATH
     echo "Examples=${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/examples"           >> $QT_CONF_PATH
-    echo "HostBinaries=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"                >> $QT_CONF_PATH
+    echo "HostBinaries=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}" >> $QT_CONF_PATH
     echo "HostData=${STAGING_DATADIR}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"           >> $QT_CONF_PATH
 
     ./configure -v \
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
index 37e2b80d9e..56bb854c11 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
@@ -7,44 +7,21 @@ QT_MODULE = "qtjsbackend"
 
 INC_PR = "r0"
 
-inherit native
+inherit native qmake5_base
 
 SRC_URI += "\
-    file://module_qmake.conf \
     file://0001-Install-the-mkv8snapshot-tool-to-the-native-side.patch \
 "
 
 # Bitbake will not respect the make order set by qmake and at times it will try to compile
 # parts of the source tree with out the 'mkv8snapshot' tool if it is enabled and that will fail
-PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
-
-export QT_CONF_PATH="${WORKDIR}/qt.conf"
+#PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 
 do_configure() {
     # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
     unset LD
 
-    cat > ${WORKDIR}/qt.conf <<EOF
-[Paths]
-Prefix = ${prefix}
-Binaries = ${bindir}
-Headers = ${includedir}/qt5
-Plugins = ${libdir}/qt5/plugins
-Libraries = ${libdir}
-Imports = ${datadir}/qt5/imports
-Qml2Imports = ${libdir}/qt5/qml
-Documentation=${docdir}/qt5
-Data = ${datadir}/qt5
-HostPrefix = ${STAGING_DATADIR}
-HostData = ${STAGING_DATADIR}/qt5
-HostBinaries = ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}
-EOF
-
-    # This should not be needed. Perhaps the lack of this file is an indication
-    # of an error on the native recipe...
-    cp ${WORKDIR}/module_qmake.conf ${S}/.qmake.conf
-
-    ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake -d -r
+    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -d -r
 }
 
 do_install() {