diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index cba2fbd1513..901b761fde1 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $(package)_dependencies=openssl
 $(package)_linux_dependencies=freetype fontconfig dbus libxcb libX11 xproto libXext
 $(package)_build_subdir=qtbase
 $(package)_qt_libs=corelib network widgets gui plugins testlib
-$(package)_patches=mac-qmake.conf fix-xcb-include-order.patch mingw-uuidof.patch
+$(package)_patches=mac-qmake.conf fix-xcb-include-order.patch mingw-uuidof.patch pidlist_absolute.patch
 
 $(package)_qttranslations_file_name=qttranslations-$($(package)_suffix)
 $(package)_qttranslations_sha256_hash=c4bd6db6e426965c6f8824c54e81f68bbd61e2bae1bcadc328c6e81c45902a0d
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ endef
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   sed -i.old "s|updateqm.commands = \$$$$\$$$$LRELEASE|updateqm.commands = $($(package)_extract_dir)/qttools/bin/lrelease|" qttranslations/translations/translations.pro && \
   sed -i.old "s/src_plugins.depends = src_sql src_xml src_network/src_plugins.depends = src_xml src_network/" qtbase/src/src.pro && \
-  sed -i.old "s/PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE/ITEMIDLIST */" qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h &&\
-  sed -i.old "s/PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE/ITEMIDLIST */" qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp &&\
-  sed -i.old "s/PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE/const ITEMIDLIST */" qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h &&\
   sed -i.old "s|X11/extensions/XIproto.h|X11/X.h|" qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbxsettings.cpp && \
   sed -i.old 's/if \[ "$$$$XPLATFORM_MAC" = "yes" \]; then xspecvals=$$$$(macSDKify/if \[ "$$$$BUILD_ON_MAC" = "yes" \]; then xspecvals=$$$$(macSDKify/' qtbase/configure && \
   mkdir -p qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux &&\
@@ -134,6 +131,7 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   cp -f $($(package)_patch_dir)/mac-qmake.conf qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/qmake.conf && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-xcb-include-order.patch && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/mingw-uuidof.patch && \
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/pidlist_absolute.patch && \
   echo "QMAKE_CFLAGS     += $($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags)" >> qtbase/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf && \
   echo "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS   += $($(package)_cxxflags) $($(package)_cppflags)" >> qtbase/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf && \
   echo "QMAKE_LFLAGS     += $($(package)_ldflags)" >> qtbase/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf && \
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/pidlist_absolute.patch b/depends/patches/qt/pidlist_absolute.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b49c050dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/pidlist_absolute.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -dur old/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h new/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h
+--- old/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h	2015-06-29 22:04:40.000000000 +0200
++++ new/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.h	2015-11-01 12:55:59.751234846 +0100
+@@ -124,10 +124,18 @@
+     inline void init();
+ 
+     typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHCreateItemFromParsingName)(PCWSTR, IBindCtx *, const GUID&, void **);
++#if defined(Q_CC_MINGW) && (!defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) || __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR < 3)
++    typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHGetKnownFolderIDList)(const GUID &, DWORD, HANDLE, ITEMIDLIST **);
++#else
+     typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHGetKnownFolderIDList)(const GUID &, DWORD, HANDLE, PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE *);
++#endif
+     typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHGetStockIconInfo)(int , int , _SHSTOCKICONINFO *);
+     typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHGetImageList)(int, REFIID , void **);
++#if defined(Q_CC_MINGW) && (!defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) || __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR < 3)
++    typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHCreateItemFromIDList)(const ITEMIDLIST *, REFIID, void **);
++#else
+     typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHCreateItemFromIDList)(PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE, REFIID, void **);
++#endif
+ 
+     SHCreateItemFromParsingName sHCreateItemFromParsingName;
+     SHGetKnownFolderIDList sHGetKnownFolderIDList;
+diff -dur old/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp new/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp
+--- old/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp	2015-06-29 22:04:40.000000000 +0200
++++ new/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp	2015-11-01 13:41:09.503149772 +0100
+@@ -1008,7 +1008,11 @@
+             qWarning() << __FUNCTION__ << ": Invalid CLSID: " << url.path();
+             return Q_NULLPTR;
+         }
++#if defined(Q_CC_MINGW) && (!defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) || __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR < 3)
++        ITEMIDLIST *idList;
++#else
+         PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE idList;
++#endif
+         HRESULT hr = QWindowsContext::shell32dll.sHGetKnownFolderIDList(uuid, 0, 0, &idList);
+         if (FAILED(hr)) {
+             qErrnoWarning("%s: SHGetKnownFolderIDList(%s)) failed", __FUNCTION__, qPrintable(url.toString()));