diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
index 8ed4c2883c..2a0ae591f3 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += " \
 "
 
 do_configure() {
+#    set_arch
     set_endian
 
     if [ ! -e bin/qmake ]; then
@@ -66,13 +67,9 @@ do_configure() {
         ln -sf linux-g++ mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++
     fi
 
-    if [ -f mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf ] ; then
-        # mkspecs were refactored for 4.8.0
-        cp -f ${WORKDIR}/g++.conf mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
-    else
-        cp -f ${WORKDIR}/g++.conf mkspecs/common/g++.conf
-    fi
-    cp -f ${WORKDIR}/linux.conf mkspecs/common/
+    # replace common files with our version
+    cp -f ${WORKDIR}/g++.conf mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
+    cp -f ${WORKDIR}/linux.conf mkspecs/common/linux.conf
 
     # Avoid problems with the linkers, since we want the linker to be g++
     unset LD
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index ec46db129d..f92d37ea33 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 DEPENDS += "qtbase-native virtual/libgl freetype jpeg libpng zlib openssl glib-2.0 ${ICU}"
 
 # to provide xcb/xcb_icccm.h, xcb/xcb_image.h, xcb/xcb_keysyms.h and dbus/dbus.h
-# DEPENDS += "xcb-util-wm xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms dbus"
+XCB_DEPENDS += "xcb-util-wm xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms dbus"
 # reenable when we switch to "-qt-xcb" and build of 
+# DEPENDS += "${XCB_DEPENDS}"
+# QT_MODULE_FLAGS = "-qt-xcb"
 # src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/ is resolved to be before build of
 # src/plugins/platforms/xcb/
 
 QT_MODULE_FLAGS = "-no-xcb"
 
+
 INC_PR = "r0"
 
 QT_BASE_NAME = "qt5"
@@ -29,28 +32,32 @@ ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
 
 inherit qmake5
 
+do_generate_qt_config_file() {
+    :
+    cat > ${WORKDIR}/qt.conf <<EOF
+[Paths]
+Binaries = ${bindir}
+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 = ${S}
+HostSpecPath = ${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_NATIVE}
+HostBinaries = ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+EOF
+}
+
+# qtbase is exception, we need to use mkspecs from ${S}
+OE_XQMAKESPEC="${S}/mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
+
 do_configure_append() {
-    ### Make sure that our mkspecs will eventually end up in STAGING_DATADIR
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -set OE_CROSS_INSTALL_DATA ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
-    sed -i '/mkspecs\.path/s/QT_HOST_DATA/OE_CROSS_INSTALL_DATA/' qtbase.pro
-    sed -i '/pritarget/s/QT_HOST_DATA/OE_CROSS_INSTALL_DATA/' mkspecs/features/qt_installs.prf
-
-    ### Same applies to the module headers...
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -set OE_CROSS_INSTALL_HEADERS ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
-    sed -i 's/QT_INSTALL_HEADERS/OE_CROSS_INSTALL_HEADERS/g' mkspecs/features/qt_installs.prf
-
-    ### Create the mkspec for the target
-    mkdir -p mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++
-    cp -f ${WORKDIR}/qplatformdefs.h mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++
-    bash ${WORKDIR}/qmake.conf.sh > mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++/qmake.conf
-
-    ### Fix up prl and pkgconfig lib paths, by default they will point to /usr/lib
-    ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -set OE_CROSS_INSTALL_LIBS ${STAGING_LIBDIR}
-    sed -i 's/QT_INSTALL_LIBS\/raw/OE_CROSS_INSTALL_LIBS/g' mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
-
-    # in qtbase case we want to find qmodule.pri in ${S}/mkspec
-    # ./features/qt_build_config.prf:    QMAKE_QT_MODULE = $$[QT_HOST_DATA/get]/mkspecs/qmodule.pri
-    echo "HostData = ${S}" >> ${QT_CONF_PATH}
+    # qtbase is exception, create mkspecs for it
+    if [ ! -e ${OE_XQMAKESPEC} ]; then
+        mkdir -p ${OE_XQMAKESPEC}
+        bash ${WORKDIR}/qmake.conf.sh > ${OE_XQMAKESPEC}/qmake.conf
+    fi
 
     ./configure -v \
         -dont-process \
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ do_configure_append() {
         -prefix ${prefix} \
         -bindir ${bindir} \
         -libdir ${libdir} \
-        -datadir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+        -datadir ${S} \
         -sysconfdir ${sysconfdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
         -docdir ${docdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
         -headerdir ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
@@ -66,20 +73,18 @@ do_configure_append() {
         -importdir ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/imports \
         -translationdir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/translations \
         -examplesdir ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/examples \
-        -platform ${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++ \
-        -xplatform ${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++ \
+        -hostdatadir ${S} \
+        -hostbindir ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+        -platform ${OE_QMAKESPEC} \
+        -xplatform ${OE_XQMAKESPEC} \
         ${QT_CONFIG_FLAGS}
 
-    ### As we provided the '-dont-process' switch inorder to allow us to stage a few files
-    ### generated by the configure we need to manually run qmake the generate _all_ the Makefiles (-r)
-    export QMAKESPEC="${S}/mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
     ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -r -d
 }
 
 do_compile_append() {
     # Build qmake for the target arch
     cd ${S}/qmake
-    export QMAKESPEC="${S}/mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
     ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE}
     oe_runmake CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}"
     cd ${S}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh
index 49d9de2ad8..a3164d6893 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ QMAKE_CXX             = ${OE_QMAKE_CXX}
 QMAKE_LINK            = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
 QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB      = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
 QMAKE_CONF_COMPILER   = ${OE_QMAKE_CONF_COMPILER}
+QMAKE_QT_CONFIG       = ${OE_QMAKE_QT_CONFIG}
 
 load(qt_config)
 EOF