diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
index 12e650fae2..bd68955b4c 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@ SRC_URI += " \
     file://0003-Fix-wrong-calculation-of-viewPort-for-transitions.patch \
 "
 
-DEPENDS += "qtsvg qtxmlpatterns"
+DEPENDS += "qtbase"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "qtxmlpatterns"
+PACKAGECONFIG[qtxmlpatterns] = ",,qtxmlpatterns"
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+    # disable qtxmlpatterns test if it isn't enabled by PACKAGECONFIG
+    sed -e 's/^\(qtHaveModule(xmlpatterns)\)/OE_QTXMLPATTERNS_ENABLED:\1/' -i ${S}/src/imports/imports.pro
+    sed -e 's/^\(!qtHaveModule(xmlpatterns)\)/!OE_QTXMLPATTERNS_ENABLED|\1/' -i ${S}/tests/auto/quick/quick.pro
+}
+
+EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE += "${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qtxmlpatterns', 'CONFIG+=OE_QTXMLPATTERNS_ENABLED', '', d)}"