diff --git a/qt5.be0 b/qt5.be0
index 83e0988e6..d9f4ef814 100755
--- a/qt5.be0
+++ b/qt5.be0
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ PREFIX=/usr/local/qt5
 #     start_cmd rm -rf ${S}/qtweb*
 # }
 
+# At the time of building the system libevent is a complete mess. But it also makes
+# sense to keep this in future builds.
+mee_configure_pre() {
+    start_cmd sed -e '/webengine-system-libevent/ s/=true\s*$/=false/' -i ${S}/qtwebengine/src/core/config/linux.pri
+}
+
 mee_configure() {
     start_cmd ${S}/configure \
         -prefix ${PREFIX} \