diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/meta/meta-toolchain-qt.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/meta/meta-toolchain-qt.inc
index 14591a839b..c9bdeae9ac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/meta/meta-toolchain-qt.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/meta/meta-toolchain-qt.inc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ toolchain_create_sdk_env_script_append() {
     echo 'export OE_QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/qdbusxml2cpp4' >> $script
     echo 'export OE_QMAKE_QT_CONFIG=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs/qconfig.pri' >> $script
     echo 'export QMAKESPEC=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${datadir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs/linux-g++' >> $script
+    echo 'export QT_CONF_PATH=${SDKPATHNATIVE}/${sysconfdir}/qt.conf' >> $script
 
     # make a symbolic link to mkspecs for compatibility with Nokia's SDK
     # and QTCreator