diff --git a/package/qt/Config.sql.in b/package/qt/Config.sql.in
index 2ce8d7964c..b982fdb4da 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.sql.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.sql.in
@@ -6,24 +6,30 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SQL_MODULE
 if BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SQL_MODULE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MYSQL
 	bool "MySQL Driver"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL_CLIENT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	help
 	  Build MySQL driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_IBASE
 	bool "iBase Driver"
+	depends on BROKEN # libfbclient not in BR
 	help
 	  Build iBase driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ODBC
 	bool "ODBC Driver"
+	depends on BROKEN # libodbc not in BR
 	help
 	  Build ODBC driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_PSQL
 	bool "PostgreSQL Driver"
+	depends on BROKEN # libpgsql not in BR
 	help
 	  Build PostgreSQL driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
@@ -36,6 +42,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SQLITE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SQLITE2
 	bool "SQLite 2 Driver"
+	depends on BROKEN # sqlite2 not in BR
 	help
 	  Build SQLite 2 driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index dd43ae02b4..864e79bb60 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_IBASE),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE+= -qt-sql-ibase
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MYSQL),y)
-QT_CONFIGURE+= -qt-sql-mysql
+QT_CONFIGURE+= -qt-sql-mysql -I $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mysql -L $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/mysql
+
+QT_DEP_LIBS+=mysql_client
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ODBC),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE+= -qt-sql-odbc