diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5.mk b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
index f22050876c..83cc0e1085 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+QT5_VERSION = 5.0.1
 include package/qt5/*/*.mk
 
 define QT5_LA_PRL_FILES_FIXUP
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index 83ce9998ce..d22ab66f37 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-QT5BASE_VERSION = 5.0.1
+QT5BASE_VERSION = $(QT5_VERSION)
 QT5BASE_SITE = http://releases.qt-project.org/qt5/$(QT5BASE_VERSION)/submodules_tar/
 QT5BASE_SOURCE = qtbase-opensource-src-$(QT5BASE_VERSION).tar.xz