diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8b25e3f1a..7e1a2ffe6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
+runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -779,6 +780,7 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
+runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
@@ -1031,6 +1033,15 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
+  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
+  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
+  | --run | --ru | --r)
+    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
+  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
+  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
+  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
+    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
+
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1168,7 +1179,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir
+		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1321,6 +1332,7 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
+  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
@@ -4477,6 +4489,10 @@ $as_echo "not found" >&6; }
 
 fi
 
+if test "x$QT_QMAKE" = "x"; then :
+  as_fn_error $? "Could not find qmake" "$LINENO" 5
+
+fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether QtDBus should be enabled" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether QtDBus should be enabled... " >&6; }
 case "x$enable_qt_dbus" in #(
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 872dfe3ff..c77d9f936 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ AS_CASE(["x$enable_webui"],
         AC_MSG_ERROR([Unknown option "$enable_webui". Use either "yes" or "no".])])
 
 FIND_QT5()
+AS_IF([test "x$QT_QMAKE" = "x"],
+      [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find qmake])
+      ])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether QtDBus should be enabled])
 AS_CASE(["x$enable_qt_dbus"],
         ["xyes"],