diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.bb
index 5c4fdbcbf..49525caa1 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.bb
@@ -32,3 +32,38 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
 # 'qt4-demos-doc' for all platforms and 'qt4-examples' for ccardimx28
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "qt4-demos-doc"
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS_append_ccardimx28 = " qt4-examples"
+
+##
+## Create a QT4-capable standalone toolchain.
+##
+## This is mostly copied from 'meta-toolchain-qt' (not included the
+## recipe directly because we do not want to inherit populate_sdk)
+##
+TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK += "nativesdk-packagegroup-qt-toolchain-host"
+
+QT_TOOLS_PREFIX = "${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir_nativesdk}"
+
+toolchain_create_sdk_env_script_append() {
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_CC=$CC' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_CXX=$CXX' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_LINK=$CXX' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_AR=$AR' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${libdir}' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_INCDIR_QT=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${includedir}/qt4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_MOC=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/moc4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_UIC=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/uic4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_UIC3=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/uic34' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_RCC=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/rcc4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_QDBUSCPP2XML=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/qdbuscpp2xml4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP=${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/qdbusxml2cpp4' >> $script
+    echo 'export OE_QMAKE_QT_CONFIG=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${datadir}/qt4/mkspecs/qconfig.pri' >> $script
+    echo 'export QMAKESPEC=${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/${datadir}/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++' >> $script
+    echo 'export QT_CONF_PATH=${SDKPATHNATIVE}/${sysconfdir}/qt.conf' >> $script
+
+    # make a symbolic link to mkspecs for compatibility with Qt SDK
+    # and Qt Creator
+    (cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${QT_TOOLS_PREFIX}/..; ln -s ${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/usr/share/qt4/mkspecs mkspecs;)
+}