diff --git a/contrib/src/qt/rules.mak b/contrib/src/qt/rules.mak
index 9c90fe025af7..33c1887900c4 100644
--- a/contrib/src/qt/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/qt/rules.mak
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ QTBASE_CONFIG += $(QTBASE_COMMON_CONFIG) \
 	-DFEATURE_movie=OFF -DFEATURE_whatsthis=OFF -DFEATURE_lcdnumber=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_syntaxhighlighter=OFF -DFEATURE_undoview=OFF -DFEATURE_splashscreen=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_dockwidget=OFF -DFEATURE_statusbar=OFF -DFEATURE_statustip=OFF \
-	-DFEATURE_keysequenceedit=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_keysequenceedit=OFF -DFEATURE_mdiarea=OFF \
 	-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(abspath toolchain.cmake) $(QT_HOST_PATH)
 
 QTBASE_NATIVE_CONFIG := $(QTBASE_COMMON_CONFIG) -DQT_BUILD_TESTS=FALSE \