diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
index 83d0841159..bfbcc7f1aa 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 TARGET_ARCH = "powerpc"
 
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgl  = "mesa-xlib"
+
 require conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
 require conf/machine/include/tune-ppc603e.inc
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tasks/task-poky-lsb.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tasks/task-poky-lsb.bb
index 7b3c41a85c..6fea613cc0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tasks/task-poky-lsb.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tasks/task-poky-lsb.bb
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ RDEPENDS_task-poky-lsb-graphic-add_qemux86 = "\
 RDEPENDS_task-poky-lsb-graphic-add_atom-pc = "\
     libqtopengl4 \
 "
+RDEPENDS_task-poky-lsb-graphic-add_qemuppc = "\
+    libqtopengl4 \
+"
 
 #    mesa-dri 
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
index 057a129ecf..306adb9d2e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ QT_GLFLAGS ?= "-no-opengl"
 QT_GLFLAGS_qemux86 = "-opengl"
 QT_GLFLAGS_emenlow = "-opengl"
 QT_GLFLAGS_atom-pc = "-opengl"
+QT_GLFLAGS_qemuppc = "-opengl"
 QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += "-no-xinerama -no-xkb ${QT_GLFLAGS}"
 QT_BASE_NAME ?= "qt4"
 QT_BASE_LIB  ?= "libqt"