diff --git a/extends-meta-qt5/qtbase/qtbase-native_5.4.0.bbappend b/extends-meta-qt5/qtbase/qtbase-native_5.4.0.bbappend
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+# required for kjsembedded
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "-gui"