diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
index e9cab85e81d..80efc83c5a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def common_config_args(self):
             '-shared',
             '-confirm-license',
             '-openssl-linked',
+            '-no-phonon',
             '-optimized-qmake',
             '-no-openvg',
             '-no-pch',