diff --git a/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template b/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
index ea1163ab87..56e64d4f59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qbittorrent/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.1.6
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=qmake
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-tools"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake qt5-tools"
 makedepends="libtorrent-rasterbar-devel qt5-declarative-devel qt5-svg-devel"
 depends="qt5-svg"
 short_desc="Free software alternative to µtorrent"
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=25c629381454814c9d897693162482de8a049de8745680922b012d46377756a8
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-declarative-devel qt5-svg-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-svg-devel"
 fi
 
 do_extract() {
 	local n=${pkgname}-${version}
-	mkdir build-nox build-x11
+	mkdir -p build-nox build-x11
 	tar xf ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${n}/${n}.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C build-x11
 	tar xf ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${n}/${n}.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C build-nox
 }
@@ -41,26 +41,48 @@ do_configure() {
 		cd ${wrksrc}/${build}
 		./bootstrap.sh
 		./configure ${opts}
-		qmake-qt5 ${configure_args} \
+		cat > qt.conf <<_EOF
+[Paths]
+Sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}
+Prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ArchData=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5
+Data=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5
+Documentation=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/doc/qt5
+Headers=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/qt5
+Libraries=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
+LibraryExecutables=/usr/lib/qt5/libexec
+Binaries=/usr/lib/qt5/bin
+Tests=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/tests
+Plugins=/usr/lib/qt5/plugins
+Imports=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5/imports
+Qml2Imports=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5/qml
+Translations=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5/translations
+Settings=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/etc/xdg
+Examples=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5/examples
+HostPrefix=/usr
+HostData=/usr/lib/qt5
+HostBinaries=/usr/lib/qt5/bin
+HostLibraries=/usr/lib
+Spec=linux-g++
+TargetSpec=linux-g++
+_EOF
+		qmake-qt5 \
 			PREFIX=/usr \
 			LIB=/usr/lib \
 			QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX \
 			QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 			QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
-			QMAKE_LFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-		vsed -i src/Makefile \
-			-e "s;^\(CC\\s*=\) .*;\1 $CC;" \
-			-e "s;^\(CXX\\s*=\) .*;\1 $CXX;" \
-			-e "s;^\(LINK\\s*=\) .*;\1 $CXX;" \
-			-e "s;@g++ ;@$CXX ;"
+			QMAKE_LFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
+			-qtconf qt.conf
+		vsed -i src/Makefile -e "s; /usr/lib/libQt5; ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libQt5;g"
 	done
 }
 
 do_build() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/build-x11
-	make ${makejobs}
+	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" LINK="$CXX"
 	cd ${wrksrc}/build-nox
-	make ${makejobs}
+	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" LINK="$CXX"
 }
 
 do_install() {