diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 99738868d9..d8e08ed6fb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2817,6 +2817,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$XPLATFORM_IOS" = "yes" ]; then
     CFG_SHARED="no" # iOS builds should be static to be able to submit to the App Store
     CFG_CXX11="no" # C++11 support disabled for now
+    CFG_SKIP_MODULES="$CFG_SKIP_MODULES qtdeclarative qtquickcontrols qtwebkit qtgraphicaleffects qtdoc qtmultimedia qtwebkit-examples-and-demos qttools"
 fi
 
 # disable GTK style support auto-detection on Mac