diff --git a/mkspecs/devices/linux-maemo-n9-g++/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/devices/linux-maemo-n9-g++/qmake.conf
index 0a580a9fc2a..804de84dc77 100644
--- a/mkspecs/devices/linux-maemo-n9-g++/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/devices/linux-maemo-n9-g++/qmake.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ MAKEFILE_GENERATOR      = UNIX
 CONFIG                  += incremental gdb_dwarf_index
 QMAKE_INCREMENTAL_STYLE = sublib
 
+QMAKE_PLATFORM = maemo
+
 include(../../common/linux.conf)
 include(../../common/gcc-base-unix.conf)
 include(../../common/g++-unix.conf)