diff --git a/m4/qt5.m4 b/m4/qt5.m4
index afe26e831e..8f7921fb5d 100644
--- a/m4/qt5.m4
+++ b/m4/qt5.m4
@@ -98,9 +98,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([FC_QT5_COMPILETEST],
      CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <QApplication>]],
 [[int a; QApplication app(a, 0);]])],
-      [qt5_headers=yes
-       FC_QT5_CPPFLAGS="${FC_QT5_CPPFLAGS}${CPPFADD}"
-       FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS="${FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"])
+       [qt5_headers=yes
+        FC_QT5_CPPFLAGS="${FC_QT5_CPPFLAGS}${CPPFADD}"
+        FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS="${FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
+        dnl So, Qt requires -fPIC. At the same time it might conflict with -fPIE
+        dnl Try to disable pie (but even if that fails, we have -fPIC)
+        CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -no-pie"
+        AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <QApplication>]],
+[[int a; QApplication app(a, 0);]])],
+          [FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS="${FC_QT5_CXXFLAGS} -no-pie"])
+       ])
      CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_SAVE}"])
 
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVE"