diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fcf4b082f1..e12d241e38 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ env:
     - HOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu PACKAGES="g++-multilib bc python3-zmq" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++" USE_SHELL="/bin/dash"
 # Win64
     - HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 DPKG_ADD_ARCH="i386" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1" PACKAGES="python3 nsis g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 wine1.6 bc" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports"
-# bitcoind
-    - HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu PACKAGES="bc python3-zmq" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1 NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports CPPFLAGS=-DDEBUG_LOCKORDER"
-# No wallet
+# x86_64 Linux (uses qt5 dev package instead of depends Qt to speed up build and avoid timeout)
+    - HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu PACKAGES="python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools protobuf-compiler libdbus-1-dev libharfbuzz-dev" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1 NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1 ALLOW_HOST_PACKAGES=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-gui=qt5 --enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports CPPFLAGS=-DDEBUG_LOCKORDER"
+# x86_64 Linux, No wallet
     - HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu PACKAGES="python3" DEP_OPTS="NO_WALLET=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports"
 # Cross-Mac
     - HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-gui --enable-reduce-exports" OSX_SDK=10.11 GOAL="deploy"
diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index dedb0674cf..0ddd348e53 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ $(host_prefix)/share/config.site : config.site.in $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_
             -e 's|@CXXFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_CXXFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_CXXFLAGS))|' \
             -e 's|@CPPFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_CPPFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_CPPFLAGS))|' \
             -e 's|@LDFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_LDFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_LDFLAGS))|' \
+            -e 's|@allow_host_packages@|$(ALLOW_HOST_PACKAGES)|' \
             -e 's|@no_qt@|$(NO_QT)|' \
             -e 's|@no_wallet@|$(NO_WALLET)|' \
             -e 's|@no_upnp@|$(NO_UPNP)|' \
diff --git a/depends/config.site.in b/depends/config.site.in
index 3d7c9fd43c..0a4a9c327e 100644
--- a/depends/config.site.in
+++ b/depends/config.site.in
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ fi
 if test -z $with_qt_translationdir; then
   with_qt_translationdir=$depends_prefix/translations
 fi
-if test -z $with_qt_bindir; then
+if test -z $with_qt_bindir && test -z "@no_qt@"; then
   with_qt_bindir=$depends_prefix/native/bin
 fi
-if test -z $with_protoc_bindir; then
+if test -z $with_protoc_bindir && test -z "@no_qt@"; then
   with_protoc_bindir=$depends_prefix/native/bin
 fi
 
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ PKG_CONFIG="`which pkg-config` --static"
 # These two need to remain exported because pkg-config does not see them
 # otherwise. That means they must be unexported at the end of configure.ac to
 # avoid ruining the cache. Sigh.
-
-export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$depends_prefix/lib/pkgconfig
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$depends_prefix/share/pkgconfig
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$depends_prefix/share/pkgconfig:$depends_prefix/lib/pkgconfig
+if test -z "@allow_host_packages@"; then
+  export PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR=
+fi
 
 CPPFLAGS="-I$depends_prefix/include/ $CPPFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="-L$depends_prefix/lib $LDFLAGS"