diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/configure.mysql_config qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/configure
--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/configure.mysql_config	2013-06-07 00:16:41.000000000 -0500
+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/configure	2014-03-07 10:09:27.412071146 -0600
@@ -5480,8 +5480,15 @@ for _SQLDR in $CFG_SQL_AVAILABLE; do
 		[ -z "$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG" ] && CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG=`"$WHICH" mysql_config`
                 if [ -x "$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG" ]; then
                     QT_CFLAGS_MYSQL=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --include 2>/dev/null`
+                    $CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --variable=pkglibdir &>/dev/null && \
+                      QT_MYSQL_PKGLIBDIR=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --variable=pkglibdir 2>/dev/null`
+                    if [ -n "$QT_MYSQL_PKGLIBDIR" ]; then
+                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL_R="-L$QT_MYSQL_PKGLIBDIR -lmysqlclient_r"
+                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL="-L$QT_MYSQL_PKGLIBDIR -lmysqlclient"
+                    else
                     QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL_R=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs_r 2>/dev/null`
                     QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs 2>/dev/null`
+                    fi
 		    QT_MYSQL_VERSION=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --version 2>/dev/null`
                     QT_MYSQL_VERSION_MAJOR=`echo $QT_MYSQL_VERSION | cut -d . -f 1`
                 fi