diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxcontainer.prf b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxcontainer.prf
index 34c6dfed42d..2d0ff851ba9 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxcontainer.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxcontainer.prf
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
    LIBS += -lQAxContainer
 }
 
+QMAKE_LIBDIR += $$QT.activeqt.libs
+INCLUDEPATH += $$QT.activeqt.includes
+QMAKE_LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_GUI
+
 qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_DUMPCPP, dumpcpp)
 
 dumpcpp_decl.commands = $$QMAKE_DUMPCPP ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} -o ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
index a6c0869540c..678c2ccb83f 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ACTIVEQT_VERSION = $$VERSION
 isEmpty(ACTIVEQT_VERSION):ACTIVEQT_VERSION = 1.0
 
 DEFINES += QAXSERVER
+INCLUDEPATH += $$QT.activeqt.includes
 
 contains(TEMPLATE, "vc.*") {
     ACTIVEQT_IDC = $${QMAKE_IDC}   ### Qt5: remove me
@@ -56,4 +57,6 @@ qt:!target_qt {
       QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY = -lQAxServer
    }
    dll:QMAKE_LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY
+   QMAKE_LIBDIR += $$QT.activeqt.libs
+   QMAKE_LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_GUI
 }