diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtcreator/template b/srcpkgs/qtcreator/template
index c7733f69e5a..baf4229e2e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qtcreator/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qtcreator/template
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ qtcreator-full_package() {
  qt5-plugin-mysql qt5-plugin-odbc qt5-plugin-pgsql qt5-plugin-sqlite qt5-plugin-tds"
 	# Not for big endian targets and not if word sizes of host and target differ
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_ENDIAN" = "le" -a "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" ]; then
-		depends+=" qt5-webengine-devel"
+		# qt5-webengine cannot be built for armv5tel
+		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+			armv5tel*) ;;
+			*) depends+=" qt5-webengine-devel" ;;
+		esac
 	fi
 	build_style=meta
 	pkg_install() {