diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2031396895..39e436d57c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3724,6 +3724,20 @@ else
     DEVICE_VARS_FILE="$DEVICE_VARS_OUTFILE"
 fi
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Verify makespec
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QMAKE_OUTPUT=`$outpath/bin/qmake -E -nocache -spec "$XQMAKESPEC" "QT=" /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null`
+if [ $? != "0" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to process makespec for platform '$XPLATFORM'"
+    if [ "$OPT_VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then
+        echo "$QMAKE_OUTPUT"
+    else
+        echo "Turn on verbose messaging (-v) to see the final report."
+    fi
+    exit 101
+fi
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Detect pkg-config
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------