diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5serialbus/qt5serialbus.mk b/package/qt5/qt5serialbus/qt5serialbus.mk
index 6de9f9b7d3..98c4466cb8 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5serialbus/qt5serialbus.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5serialbus/qt5serialbus.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ define QT5SERIALBUS_INSTALL_TARGET_LIBS
 endef
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES)$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS),yy)
 define QT5SERIALBUS_INSTALL_TARGET_EXAMPLES
 	cp -dpfr $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/qt/examples/serialbus $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/qt/examples/
 endef