diff --git a/package/qwt/qwt.mk b/package/qwt/qwt.mk
index 594b1412c7..0bea5f35a3 100644
--- a/package/qwt/qwt.mk
+++ b/package/qwt/qwt.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT),y)
 QWT_DEPENDENCIES = qt
 QWT_QMAKE = $(QT_QMAKE)
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5),y)
-QWT_DEPENDENCIES += qt5
+QWT_DEPENDENCIES += qt5base
 QWT_QMAKE = $(QT5_QMAKE)
 endif