diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtimageformats.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtimageformats.inc
index 1b4bb4f..f90e58a 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtimageformats.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtimageformats.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require qt5.inc
 
 DEPENDS += "qtbase tiff"
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"