diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 5d4334ac60..cabe0b783b 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ EOF
 QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH = "${B}"
 
 # another exception is that we need to run bin/qmake, because EffectivePaths are relative to qmake location
-OE_QMAKE_QMAKE_ORIG := "${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE}"
+OE_QMAKE_QMAKE_ORIG = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/qmake"
 OE_QMAKE_QMAKE = "bin/qmake"
 
 # qtbase is exception, configure script is using our get(X)QEvalMakeConf and setBootstrapEvalVariable functions to read it from shell