diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc.inc
index 19ac820..9bbc668 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc.inc
@@ -36,12 +36,17 @@
     --enable-realrtsp \
     --disable-libtar \
     --enable-avcodec \
-    ac_cv_path_MOC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/moc4 \
-    ac_cv_path_RCC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/rcc4 \
-    ac_cv_path_UIC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/uic4 \
+    ac_cv_path_MOC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}${QT_DIR_NAME}/moc \
+    ac_cv_path_RCC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}${QT_DIR_NAME}/rcc \
+    ac_cv_path_UIC=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}${QT_DIR_NAME}/uic \
 "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= " live555 dc1394 dv1394 notify fontconfig freetype dvdread png ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= " \
+    live555 dc1394 dv1394 notify fontconfig freetype dvdread png \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', '', d)} \
+"
+
+inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qt5', 'qmake5_paths', '', d)}
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[mad] = "--enable-mad,--disable-mad,libmad"
 PACKAGECONFIG[a52] = "--enable-a52,--disable-a52,liba52"
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[speex] = "--enable-speex,--disable-speex,speex"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gstreamer] = "--enable-gst-decode,--disable-gst-decode,gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vpx] = "--enable-vpx,--disable-vpx, libvpx"
-PACKAGECONFIG[qt4] = "--enable-qt,--disable-qt, qt4-x11-free"
+PACKAGECONFIG[qt5] = "--enable-qt,--disable-qt, qtbase-native qtx11extras qtsvg"
 PACKAGECONFIG[freerdp] = "--enable-freerdp,--disable-freerdp, freerdp"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dvbpsi] = "--enable-dvbpsi,--disable-dvbpsi, libdvbpsi"
 PACKAGECONFIG[samba] = "--enable-smbclient,--disable-smbclient, samba"
@@ -76,12 +81,13 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[png] = "--enable-png,--disable-png,libpng"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vdpau] = "--enable-vdpau,--disable-vdpau,libvdpau"
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
-    cp ${STAGING_DATADIR}/libtool/config.* ${S}/autotools/ || true
-}
-
 do_configure_append() {
     sed -i -e s:'${top_builddir_slash}libtool':'${top_builddir_slash}'${TARGET_SYS}-libtool:g ${B}/doltlibtool
+
+    # moc needs support: precreate build paths
+    for qtpath in adapters components/epg components/playlist components/sout dialogs managers styles util/buttons; do
+        mkdir -p "${B}/modules/gui/qt/$qtpath"
+    done
 }
 
 # This recipe packages vlc as a library as well, so qt4 dependencies