diff --git a/package/pkg-qmake.mk b/package/pkg-qmake.mk
index 46d2b22d04..27727119d7 100644
--- a/package/pkg-qmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-qmake.mk
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ endif
 #
 ifndef $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	$$(QT5_QT_CONF_FIXUP)
 	cd $$($(2)_BUILDDIR) && \
 	$$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $$($(2)_CONF_ENV) $$(QT5_QMAKE) $$($(2)_CONF_OPTS)
 endef
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5.mk b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
index e540ebcf85..4fa687fd58 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
@@ -11,5 +11,19 @@ QT5_SITE = https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/$(QT5_VERSION_MAJOR)/$(QT5_VERSION)
 
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/qt5/*/*.mk))
 
+# The file "qt.conf" can be used to override the hard-coded paths that are
+# compiled into the Qt library. We need it to make "qmake" relocatable and
+# tweak the per-package install pathes
+define QT5_INSTALL_QT_CONF
+	sed -e "s|@@HOST_DIR@@|$(HOST_DIR)|" -e "s|@@STAGING_DIR@@|$(STAGING_DIR)|" \
+		$(QT5BASE_PKGDIR)/qt.conf.in > $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qt.conf
+endef
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
+define QT5_QT_CONF_FIXUP
+        $(QT5_INSTALL_QT_CONF)
+endef
+endif
+
 # Variable for other Qt applications to use
 QT5_QMAKE = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake -spec devices/linux-buildroot-g++
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index c6b459a0e1..359a380075 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -314,13 +314,6 @@ define QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	)
 endef
 
-# The file "qt.conf" can be used to override the hard-coded paths that are
-# compiled into the Qt library. We need it to make "qmake" relocatable.
-define QT5BASE_INSTALL_QT_CONF
-	sed -e "s|@@HOST_DIR@@|$(HOST_DIR)|" -e "s|@@STAGING_DIR@@|$(STAGING_DIR)|" \
-		$(QT5BASE_PKGDIR)/qt.conf.in > $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qt.conf
-endef
-
-QT5BASE_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += QT5BASE_INSTALL_QT_CONF
+QT5BASE_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += QT5_INSTALL_QT_CONF
 
 $(eval $(qmake-package))