diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index 3bc1279..8f1d143 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -48,6 +48,35 @@ export OE_QMAKE_QTCONF_PATH = "${WORKDIR}/qt.conf"
 
 inherit qmake5_paths remove-libtool
 
+generate_target_qt_config_file() {
+    qtconf="$1"
+    cat > "${qtconf}" <<EOF
+[Paths]
+Prefix = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PREFIX}
+Headers = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_HEADERS}
+Libraries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_LIBS}
+ArchData = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_ARCHDATA}
+Data = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_DATA}
+Binaries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_BINS}
+LibraryExecutables = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_LIBEXECS}
+Plugins = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}
+Imports = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_IMPORTS}
+Qml2Imports = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QML}
+Translations = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_TRANSLATIONS}
+Documentation = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_DOCS}
+Settings = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_SETTINGS}
+Examples = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_EXAMPLES}
+Tests = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_TESTS}
+HostBinaries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_BINS}
+HostData = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_ARCHDATA}
+HostLibraries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_LIBS}
+HostSpec = ${OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM}
+TargetSpec = ${OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM}
+ExternalHostBinaries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_BINS}
+Sysroot =
+EOF
+}
+
 do_generate_qt_config_file() {
     generate_qt_config_file_paths
     generate_qt_config_file_effective_paths
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_git.bb
index e5f0ab7..4e8dc4c 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_git.bb
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ do_install_append() {
     echo "isEmpty(QMAKE_LINK_C_SHLIB): QMAKE_LINK_C_SHLIB = $OE_QMAKE_LINK_NO_SYSROOT" >> $conf
     echo "isEmpty(QMAKE_LFLAGS): QMAKE_LFLAGS = ${OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS}" >> $conf
     echo "isEmpty(QMAKE_STRIP): QMAKE_STRIP = ${TARGET_PREFIX}strip" >> $conf
+
+    generate_target_qt_config_file ${D}${OE_QMAKE_PATH_BINS}/qt.conf
 }
 
 # mkspecs have mac specific scripts that depend on perl and bash