diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk b/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
index 0a7bdb8cf9..8a7f2e1fb5 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR),y)
 QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS += CONFIG+=wayland-compositor
 endif
 
+# The mesa's EGL/eglplatform.h header includes X11 headers unless the flag
+# MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS is defined. Tell to not include X11 headers if
+# the libxcb is not selected.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCB),yx)
+QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS += QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-DMESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS
+endif
+
 define QT5WAYLAND_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake $(QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS))
 endef