diff --git a/package/qt5/qt53d/qt53d.mk b/package/qt5/qt53d/qt53d.mk
index 8d9babd704..459b019902 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt53d/qt53d.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt53d/qt53d.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ QT53D_DEPENDENCIES = qt5declarative
 QT53D_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 QT53D_SYNC_QT_HEADERS = YES
 
+# command line argument separator
+QT53D_CONF_OPTS = --
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ASSIMP),y)
 QT53D_DEPENDENCIES += assimp
+else
+QT53D_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-no-feature-assimp
 endif
 
 QT53D_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 or LGPL-3.0