diff --git a/util/kconfig/Makefile b/util/kconfig/Makefile
index cec676b..a7d3855 100644
--- a/util/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/util/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -232,48 +232,20 @@
 # QT needs some extra effort...
 $(objk)/.tmp_qtcheck:
 	@set -e; echo "  CHECK   qt"; dir=""; pkg=""; \
-	if ! pkg-config --exists QtCore 2> /dev/null; then \
-	    echo "* Unable to find the QT4 tool qmake. Trying to use QT3"; \
-	    pkg-config --exists qt 2> /dev/null && pkg=qt; \
-	    pkg-config --exists qt-mt 2> /dev/null && pkg=qt-mt; \
-	    if [ -n "$$pkg" ]; then \
-	      cflags="\$$(shell pkg-config $$pkg --cflags)"; \
-	      libs="\$$(shell pkg-config $$pkg --libs)"; \
-	      moc="\$$(shell pkg-config $$pkg --variable=prefix)/bin/moc"; \
-	      dir="$$(pkg-config $$pkg --variable=prefix)"; \
-	    else \
-	      for d in $$QTDIR /usr/share/qt* /usr/lib/qt*; do \
-	        if [ -f $$d/include/qconfig.h ]; then dir=$$d; break; fi; \
-	      done; \
-	      if [ -z "$$dir" ]; then \
-	        echo >&2 "*"; \
-	        echo >&2 "* Unable to find any QT installation. Please make sure that"; \
-	        echo >&2 "* the QT4 or QT3 development package is correctly installed and"; \
-	        echo >&2 "* either qmake can be found or install pkg-config or set"; \
-	        echo >&2 "* the QTDIR environment variable to the correct location."; \
-	        echo >&2 "*"; \
-	        false; \
-	      fi; \
-	      libpath=$$dir/lib; lib=qt; osdir=""; \
-	      $(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-	        osdir=x$$($(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory); \
-	      test -d $$libpath/$$osdir && libpath=$$libpath/$$osdir; \
-	      test -f $$libpath/libqt-mt.so && lib=qt-mt; \
-	      cflags="-I$$dir/include"; \
-	      libs="-L$$libpath -Wl,-rpath,$$libpath -l$$lib"; \
-	      moc="$$dir/bin/moc"; \
-	    fi; \
-	    if [ ! -x $$dir/bin/moc -a -x /usr/bin/moc ]; then \
-	      echo "*"; \
-	      echo "* Unable to find $$dir/bin/moc, using /usr/bin/moc instead."; \
-	      echo "*"; \
-	      moc="/usr/bin/moc"; \
-	    fi; \
+	if pkg-config --exists Qt5Core; then \
+	  cflags="-std=c++11 -fPIC `pkg-config --cflags Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets`"; \
+	  libs=`pkg-config --libs Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets`; \
+	  moc=`pkg-config --variable=host_bins Qt5Core`/moc; \
+	elif pkg-config --exists QtCore; then \
+	  cflags=`pkg-config --cflags QtCore QtGui`; \
+	  libs=`pkg-config --libs QtCore QtGui`; \
+	  moc=`pkg-config --variable=moc_location QtCore`; \
 	else \
-	  cflags="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore QtGui Qt3Support --cflags)"; \
-	  libs="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore QtGui Qt3Support --libs)"; \
-	  moc="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore --variable=moc_location)"; \
-	  [ -n "$$moc" ] || moc="\$$(shell pkg-config QtCore --variable=prefix)/bin/moc"; \
+	  echo >&2 "*"; \
+	  echo >&2 "* Could not find Qt via pkg-config."; \
+	  echo >&2 "* Please install either Qt 4.8 or 5.x. and make sure it's in PKG_CONFIG_PATH"; \
+	  echo >&2 "*"; \
+	  exit 1; \
 	fi; \
 	echo "KC_QT_CFLAGS=$$cflags" > $@; \
 	echo "KC_QT_LIBS=$$libs" >> $@; \