diff --git a/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/glxconvenience.pri b/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/glxconvenience.pri
index 5b65e13306..bbca6b2460 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/glxconvenience.pri
+++ b/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/glxconvenience.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 contains(QT_CONFIG,xlib) {
     contains(QT_CONFIG,opengl):!contains(QT_CONFIG,opengles2) {
+        LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_X11 -lXrender
         HEADERS += $$PWD/qglxconvenience_p.h
         SOURCES += $$PWD/qglxconvenience.cpp
     }