diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
index 131dfadc1b..3af6fd9f72 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_EGLFS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT6_GL_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_OPENGL
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_DEFAULT_QPA
+	string "Default graphical platform"
+	help
+	  Choose the default platform abstraction to use for graphical
+	  applications (e.g xcb, linuxfb, eglfs, ...). If this is
+	  empty, the default for your architecture will be used
+	  (usually this is eglfs).
+
+	  You can get a list of supported platforms by running a Qt
+	  application with the option "-platform help" on your
+	  target. You can choose a different platform at runtime with
+	  the -platform option.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_OPENGL
 	bool "OpenGL support"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT6_GL_SUPPORTS
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index 2540fbb59c..828fe57d0b 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ else
 QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_gui=OFF
 endif
 
+QT6BASE_DEFAULT_QPA = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_DEFAULT_QPA))
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(QT6BASE_DEFAULT_QPA),-DQT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=$(QT6BASE_DEFAULT_QPA))
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DINPUT_openssl=yes
 QT6BASE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl