diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5.mk b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
index 44e5af02d..5f90eb5cc 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ include $(sort $(wildcard package/qt5/*/*.mk))
 
 define QT5_LA_PRL_FILES_FIXUP
 	for i in $$(find $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib* -name "libQt5*.la"); do \
-		$(SED) "s:\(['= ]\)/usr:\\1$(STAGING_DIR)/usr:g" $$i; \
+		$(SED)  "s:$(BASE_DIR):@BASE_DIR@:g" \
+			-e "s:\(['= ]\)/usr:\\1@STAGING_DIR@/usr:g" \
+			-e "s:@STAGING_DIR@:$(STAGING_DIR):g" \
+			-e "s:@BASE_DIR@:$(BASE_DIR):g" \
+			$$i ; \
 		$(SED) "/^dependency_libs=/s%-L/usr/lib %%g" $$i ; \
 	done
 	for i in $$(find $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib* -name "libQt5*.prl"); do \