diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 2610c1e748..83e1b10a31 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/no-xlib.patch &&\
   echo "QMAKE_LINK_OBJECT_MAX = 10" >> qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf &&\
   echo "QMAKE_LINK_OBJECT_SCRIPT = object_script" >> qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf &&\
-  sed -i.old "s|QMAKE_CFLAGS            = |!host_build: QMAKE_CFLAGS            = $($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags) |" qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf && \
+  sed -i.old "s|QMAKE_CFLAGS           += |!host_build: QMAKE_CFLAGS            = $($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags) |" qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf && \
   sed -i.old "s|QMAKE_LFLAGS            = |!host_build: QMAKE_LFLAGS            = $($(package)_ldflags) |" qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf && \
-  sed -i.old "s|QMAKE_CXXFLAGS          = |!host_build: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS            = $($(package)_cxxflags) $($(package)_cppflags) |" qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf && \
+  sed -i.old "s|QMAKE_CXXFLAGS         += |!host_build: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS            = $($(package)_cxxflags) $($(package)_cppflags) |" qtbase/mkspecs/win32-g++/qmake.conf && \
   sed -i.old "s/LIBRARY_PATH/(CROSS_)?\0/g" qtbase/mkspecs/features/toolchain.prf
 endef