diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
index c1a83871de..ab1581ee19 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require qt4_arch.inc
 QT_DISTRO_FLAGS ?= "-no-accessibility -no-sm"
 QT_DISTRO_FLAGS_linuxstdbase = "-sm"
 
-QT_SQL_DRIVER_FLAGS ?= "-no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-psql -no-sql-odbc -plugin-sql-sqlite"
+QT_SQL_DRIVER_FLAGS ?= "-no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-psql -no-sql-odbc -plugin-sql-sqlite -system-sqlite"
 
 QT_GLFLAGS ?= ""