diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 47038d0aa3..e8b240670b 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[jpeg] = "-system-libjpeg,-no-libjpeg,jpeg"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libpng] = "-system-libpng,-no-libpng,libpng"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "-system-zlib,-qt-zlib,zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "-system-pcre,-qt-pcre,pcre"
-PACKAGECONFIG[gl] = "-opengl -no-eglfs,,virtual/libgl"
+# gl or gles2 is needed in order to build qtdeclarative (qtdeclarative.do_configure fails to find quick module without)
+PACKAGECONFIG[gl] = "-opengl desktop -no-eglfs,,virtual/libgl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gles2] = "-opengl es2 -eglfs,,virtual/libgles2 virtual/egl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tslib] = "-tslib,-no-tslib,tslib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dbus] = "-dbus,-no-dbus,dbus"
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[openvg] = "-openvg,-no-openvg"
 PACKAGECONFIG[iconv] = "-iconv,-no-iconv,virtual/libiconv"
 PACKAGECONFIG[xkb] = "-xkb,-no-xkb,libxkbcommon"
 PACKAGECONFIG[evdev] = "-evdev,-no-evdev"
+# depends on glib
 PACKAGECONFIG[gstreamer] = "-gstreamer,-no-gstreamer,gstreamer"
 PACKAGECONFIG[fontconfig] = "-fontconfig,-no-fontconfig,fontconfig"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gtkstyle] = "-gtkstyle,-no-gtkstyle,gtk+"
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[directfb] = "-directfb,-no-directfb,directfb"
 PACKAGECONFIG[linuxfb] = "-linuxfb,-no-linuxfb,linuxfb"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mitshm] = "-mitshm,-no-mitshm,mitshm"
 PACKAGECONFIG[kms] = "-kms,-no-kms,kms"
+# needed for qtdeclarative (qtdeclarative.do_configure fails to find quick module without)
 PACKAGECONFIG[icu] = "-icu,-no-icu,${ICU}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[udev] = "-libudev,-no-libudev,udev"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "-openssl,-no-openssl,openssl"