diff --git a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
index a054efd..165d689 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ qmake_base_do_configure() {
 		bbnote "qmake prevar substitution: ${EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE}"
 	fi
 
+	# Hack .pro files to use OE utilities
+	find -name '*.pro' \
+	     -exec sed -i -e 's,=\s*.*/lrelease,= ${OE_QMAKE_LRELEASE},g' \
+	                  -e 's,=\s*.*/lupdate,= ${OE_QMAKE_LUPDATE},g' '{}' ';'
+
 #bbnote "Calling '${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -makefile -spec ${QMAKESPEC} -o Makefile $QMAKE_VARSUBST_PRE $AFTER $PROFILES $QMAKE_VARSUBST_POST'"
 	unset QMAKESPEC || true
 	${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -makefile -spec ${QMAKESPEC} -o Makefile $QMAKE_VARSUBST_PRE $AFTER $PROFILES $QMAKE_VARSUBST_POST || die "Error calling ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} on $PROFILES"