diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 42e0c3cdb2..8c1711a702 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2344,6 +2344,7 @@ PLATFORMS=`find "$relpath/mkspecs/" -type f | grep -v qws | sed "s,$relpath/mksp
 
 case `basename "$XPLATFORM"` in win32-g++*) XPLATFORM_MINGW=yes;; esac
 case "$XPLATFORM" in linux-g++-maemo) XPLATFORM_MAEMO=yes;; esac
+case "$XPLATFORM" in qnx-*) XPLATFORM_QNX=yes;; esac
 
 if [ -d "$PLATFORM" ]; then
   QMAKESPEC="$PLATFORM"
@@ -4655,7 +4656,7 @@ if [ "$BUILD_ON_MAC" = "yes" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if [ "$BUILD_ON_MAC" = "no" ] && [ "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "no" ]; then
+if [ "$BUILD_ON_MAC" = "no" ] && [ "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "no" ] && [ "$XPLATFORM_QNX" = "no" ]; then
     if [ "$CFG_XCB" = "no" ] && [ "$CFG_EGLFS" = "no" ] && [ "$CFG_DIRECTFB" = "no" ]; then
         if [ "$QPA_PLATFORM_GUARD" = "yes" ] &&
             ( [ "$ORIG_CFG_XCB" = "auto" ] || [ "$ORIG_CFG_EGLFS" = "auto" ] || [ "$ORIG_CFG_DIRECTFB" = "auto" ] ); then