diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index c2bccbfc48..d114c54861 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This is useful for target recipes to reference native mkspecs
-QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_NATIVE = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"
+QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_NATIVE = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
 
-QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"
+QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
 QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_class-native = "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH_NATIVE}"
 
 # hardcode linux, because that's what 0001-Add-linux-oe-g-platform.patch adds
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ do_generate_qt_config_file() {
 [Paths]
 Prefix = ${prefix}
 Binaries = ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
-Libraries = ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
+Libraries = ${libdir}
 Headers = ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
 Data = ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
 ArchData = ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index 06320aae12..41531e524c 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     -release \
     -prefix ${prefix} \
     -bindir ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+    -libdir ${libdir} \
     -headerdir ${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
     -archdatadir ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
     -datadir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 2664d2cba2..6925183527 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ do_configure_append() {
         -no-gcc-sysroot \
         -prefix ${prefix} \
         -bindir ${bindir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
-        -libdir ${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
+        -libdir ${libdir} \
         -datadir ${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
         -sysconfdir ${sysconfdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
         -docdir ${docdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME} \
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ do_install_append() {
     # qemu built on host breaks do_package, remove it here (will be replaces with right qemu when do_compile is fixed
     # ERROR: objcopy failed with exit code 1 (cmd was 'arm-oe-linux-gnueabi-objcopy' --only-keep-debug '/OE/oe-core/tmp-eglibc/work/armv5te-oe-linux-gnueabi/qtbase/5.0.1-r0.0/package/usr/bin/qmake' '/OE/oe-core/tmp-eglibc/work/armv5te-oe-linux-gnueabi/qtbase/5.0.1-r0.0/package/usr/bin/.debug/qmake')
     rm -f ${D}/${bindir}/qmake
-    mv ${D}${B}/mkspecs ${D}${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs
+    mv ${D}${B}/mkspecs ${D}${libdir}/mkspecs
     TMP=`dirname ${D}/${B}/mkspecs`
     while test ${TMP} != ${D}; do
         rmdir ${TMP}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
index 13a5df51e4..707e1da4b7 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend.inc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do_configure () {
 }
 
 do_install_append () {
-    mv ${D}${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/mkspecs ${D}${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs
+    mv ${D}${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/mkspecs ${D}${libdir}/mkspecs
     TMP=`dirname ${D}/${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/mkspecs`
     while test ${TMP} != ${D}; do
         rmdir ${TMP}