diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
index 595bb5bb10b..8a08c952bba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/qtbase/lib:$PWD/qtbase/plugins/platforms:$PWD/qttools/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
     export MAKEFLAGS=-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
+    export configureFlags+="-plugindir $out/lib/qt5/plugins -importdir $out/lib/qt5/imports -qmldir $out/lib/qt5/qml"
   '';
 
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";