diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index 4650d59..3f1bba2 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ generate_qt_config_file_effective_paths() {
     cat >> ${OE_QMAKE_QTCONF_PATH} <<EOF
 [EffectivePaths]
 HostBinaries = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_EXTERNAL_HOST_BINS}
+HostLibraries = ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}
 HostData = ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_HOST_DATA}
 HostPrefix = ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}
 EOF
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/nativesdk-qtbase_git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt5/nativesdk-qtbase_git.bb
index 3c4f31c..020ada2 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/nativesdk-qtbase_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/nativesdk-qtbase_git.bb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ FILES_${PN}-dev += " \
 
 FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${SDKPATHNATIVE}/environment-setup.d \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS} \
 "
 
 # qttools binaries are placed in a subdir of bin in order to avoid
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ FILES_${PN} += " \
 # disable package auto-renaming for the tools-package.
 DEBIAN_NOAUTONAME_${PN} = "1"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[gui] = "-gui -qpa minimal,-no-gui,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[imageformats] = "-qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -gif -ico, -no-libpng -no-libjpeg -no-ico -no-gif,"
+
 QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += " \
     -shared \
     -silent \
@@ -102,12 +107,8 @@ do_configure() {
         -no-gcc-sysroot \
         -system-zlib \
         -dbus-runtime \
-        -no-libjpeg \
-        -no-libpng \
-        -no-gif \
         -no-accessibility \
         -no-cups \
-        -no-gui \
         -no-sql-mysql \
         -no-sql-sqlite \
         -no-opengl \
@@ -149,7 +150,6 @@ do_install() {
 
     # remove things unused in nativesdk, we need the headers and libs
     rm -rf ${D}${datadir} \
-           ${D}/${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS} \
            ${D}${libdir}/cmake \
            ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig
 
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native_git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native_git.bb
index 715fe6b..516315e 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native_git.bb
@@ -57,18 +57,18 @@ CLEANBROKEN = "1"
 XPLATFORM_toolchain-clang = "linux-oe-clang"
 XPLATFORM ?= "linux-oe-g++"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[gui] = "-gui -qpa minimal,-no-gui,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[imageformats] = "-qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -gif -ico, -no-libpng -no-libjpeg -no-ico -no-gif,"
+
 QT_CONFIG_FLAGS = " \
     -sysroot ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} \
     -L${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE} \
     -no-gcc-sysroot \
     -system-zlib \
     -qt-pcre \
-    -no-libjpeg \
-    -no-libpng \
-    -no-gif \
     -no-accessibility \
     -no-cups \
-    -no-gui \
     -no-sql-mysql \
     -no-sql-sqlite \
     -no-sql-psql \