--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_functions.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_functions.prf
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ defineTest(qtAddTargetEnv) {
             deppath += $$shell_path($$eval(QT.$${dep}.libs))
         equals(QMAKE_HOST.os, Windows) {
             deppath.name = PATH
-        } else:contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, Linux|FreeBSD) {
+        } else:contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, Linux|FreeBSD|GNU) {
             deppath.name = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         } else:equals(QMAKE_HOST.os, Darwin) {
             contains(QT_CONFIG, qt_framework): \