diff --git a/conf/distro/include/qt5-versions.inc b/conf/distro/include/qt5-versions.inc
index b946a6a62d..35dd211af2 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/qt5-versions.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/qt5-versions.inc
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_qtscript = "${QT5_VERSION}"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_qtsvg = "${QT5_VERSION}"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_qtwebkit = "${QT5_VERSION}"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_qtxmlpatterns = "${QT5_VERSION}"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_qtwayland = "${QT5_VERSION}%"
+
+# append % only if it isn't included already
+# 5.1.0+git%% won't work and it's exactly where we need to overcome DEFAULT_PREFERENCE with PREFERRED_VERSION
+QT5_VERSION_WAYLAND = "${@base_contains('QT5_VERSION', '5.1.0+git%', '${QT5_VERSION}', '${QT5_VERSION}%', d)}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_qtwayland = "${QT5_VERSION_WAYLAND}"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland_5.1.0+git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland_5.1.0+git.bb
index aaa439cf80..31ed85c349 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland_5.1.0+git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland_5.1.0+git.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS =. "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}-5.1.0+git:"
 
 DEPENDS += "qtwayland-native"
 
+# qtwayland_git has -1 and should be default
+DEFAULT_PREFERRENCE = "-2"
+
 # qtwayland wasn't released yet, last tag before this SRCREV is 5.0.0-beta1
 # this PV is only to indicate that this recipe is compatible with qt5 5.1.0
 # while qtwayland_git stays compatible with 5.0.2