diff --git a/package/qjson/Config.in b/package/qjson/Config.in
index 2dc2cc405..0f0cc0983 100644
--- a/package/qjson/Config.in
+++ b/package/qjson/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QJSON
 	bool "qjson"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT || BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
 	help
 	  QJson is a Qt-based library that maps JSON data to
 	  QVariant objects and vice versa.
diff --git a/package/qjson/qjson.mk b/package/qjson/qjson.mk
index 17f2d0031..6a1661733 100644
--- a/package/qjson/qjson.mk
+++ b/package/qjson/qjson.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 QJSON_VERSION = ba273682a9d33a7b3090e74f4742b5f3bf6c9b02
 QJSON_SITE = $(call github,flavio,qjson,$(QJSON_VERSION))
 QJSON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-QJSON_DEPENDENCIES = qt
+QJSON_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_QT),qt) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5),qt5base)
 QJSON_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 QJSON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.lib