diff --git a/waflib/Tools/qt5.py b/waflib/Tools/qt5.py
index 932b5692..06707cb2 100644
--- a/waflib/Tools/qt5.py
+++ b/waflib/Tools/qt5.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ EXT_QT5 = ['.cpp', '.cc', '.cxx', '.C']
 File extensions of C++ files that may require a .moc processing
 """
 
-QT5_LIBS = '''Qt5Bluetooth
+QT5_LIBS = '''
+qtmain
+Qt5Bluetooth
 Qt5CLucene
 Qt5Concurrent
 Qt5Core