diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index e6936b9f1..53c6ab011 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -164,18 +164,21 @@ define $(package)_config_cmds
   $(MAKE) sub-src-clean && \
   cd ../qttranslations && ../qtbase/bin/qmake qttranslations.pro -o Makefile && \
   cd translations && ../../qtbase/bin/qmake translations.pro -o Makefile && cd ../.. &&\
-  cd qttools/src/linguist/lrelease/ && ../../../../qtbase/bin/qmake lrelease.pro -o Makefile
+  cd qttools/src/linguist/lrelease/ && ../../../../qtbase/bin/qmake lrelease.pro -o Makefile && \
+  cd ../lupdate/ && ../../../../qtbase/bin/qmake lupdate.pro -o Makefile && cd ../../../..
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
   $(MAKE) -C src $(addprefix sub-,$($(package)_qt_libs)) && \
   $(MAKE) -C ../qttools/src/linguist/lrelease && \
+  $(MAKE) -C ../qttools/src/linguist/lupdate && \
   $(MAKE) -C ../qttranslations
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) -C src INSTALL_ROOT=$($(package)_staging_dir) $(addsuffix -install_subtargets,$(addprefix sub-,$($(package)_qt_libs))) && cd .. &&\
   $(MAKE) -C qttools/src/linguist/lrelease INSTALL_ROOT=$($(package)_staging_dir) install_target && \
+  $(MAKE) -C qttools/src/linguist/lupdate INSTALL_ROOT=$($(package)_staging_dir) install_target && \
   $(MAKE) -C qttranslations INSTALL_ROOT=$($(package)_staging_dir) install_subtargets && \
   if `test -f qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb-static/libxcb-static.a`; then \
     cp qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb-static/libxcb-static.a $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib; \