diff -up qtbase-opensource-src-5.6.2/configure.arm qtbase-opensource-src-5.6.2/configure
--- qtbase-opensource-src-5.6.2/configure.arm	2016-09-16 00:49:42.000000000 -0500
+++ qtbase-opensource-src-5.6.2/configure	2016-10-16 08:41:20.583267295 -0500
@@ -4373,6 +4373,9 @@ if [ "$QMAKESPEC" != "$XQMAKESPEC" ]; th
 else
     # not cross compiling, host == target
     CFG_HOST_ARCH="$CFG_ARCH"
+    if [ "$CFG_ARCH" = "arm" ] ; then
+	CFG_CPUFEATURES="neon"
+    fi
     CFG_HOST_CPUFEATURES="$CFG_CPUFEATURES"
 fi
 unset OUTFILE