diff --git a/qtbase/configure.json b/qtbase/configure.json
index f774291..8903df0 100644
--- a/qtbase/configure.json
+++ b/qtbase/configure.json
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     "commandline": {
         "assignments": {
             "DBUS_HOST_PATH": "host_dbus.prefix",
-            "DBUS_PATH": "dbus.prefix",
-            "ZLIB_LIBS": "zlib.libs"
+            "DBUS_PATH": "dbus.prefix"
         },
         "custom": "qmakeArgs",
         "options": {
diff --git a/qtbase/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf b/qtbase/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
index eaaa161..fdec8ea 100644
--- a/qtbase/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
+++ b/qtbase/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ defineReplace(qtConfPrepareArgs) {
 }
 
 defineTest(qtConfSetupLibraries) {
+    asspfx = $${currentConfig}.commandline.assignments
     for (l, $${currentConfig}.libraries._KEYS_) {
         lpfx = $${currentConfig}.libraries.$${l}
         # 'export' may be omitted, in which case it falls back to the library's name
@@ -408,6 +409,15 @@ defineTest(qtConfSetupLibraries) {
             $${lpfx}.export = $$l
             export($${lpfx}.export)
         }
+        # 'export' may also be empty, but we need a derived identifier
+        alias = $$eval($${lpfx}.export)
+        isEmpty(alias): alias = $$l
+        $${lpfx}.alias = $$alias
+        export($${lpfx}.alias)
+        # make it easy to refer to the library by its export name.
+        $${currentConfig}.exports._KEYS_ += $$alias
+        $${currentConfig}.exports.$$alias += $$l
+        export($${currentConfig}.exports.$$alias)
         isEmpty($${lpfx}.sources._KEYS_): \
             error("Library $$l defines no sources")
         for (s, $${lpfx}.sources._KEYS_) {
@@ -427,10 +437,35 @@ defineTest(qtConfSetupLibraries) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    $${currentConfig}.exports._KEYS_ = $$unique($${currentConfig}.exports._KEYS_)
+    export($${currentConfig}.exports._KEYS_)
+
+    for (alias, $${currentConfig}.exports._KEYS_) {
+        ua = $$upper($$alias)
+        $${asspfx}._KEYS_ += \
+            $${ua}_PREFIX $${ua}_INCDIR $${ua}_LIBDIR \
+            $${ua}_LIBS $${ua}_LIBS_DEBUG $${ua}_LIBS_RELEASE
+        uapfx = $${asspfx}.$${ua}
+        $${uapfx}_PREFIX = $${alias}.prefix
+        $${uapfx}_INCDIR = $${alias}.incdir
+        $${uapfx}_LIBDIR = $${alias}.libdir
+        $${uapfx}_LIBS = $${alias}.libs
+        $${uapfx}_LIBS_DEBUG = $${alias}.libs.debug
+        $${uapfx}_LIBS_RELEASE = $${alias}.libs.release
+        export($${uapfx}_PREFIX)
+        export($${uapfx}_INCDIR)
+        export($${uapfx}_LIBDIR)
+        export($${uapfx}_LIBS)
+        export($${uapfx}_LIBS_DEBUG)
+        export($${uapfx}_LIBS_RELEASE)
+    }
+    export($${asspfx}._KEYS_)
+
 
     # reverse mapping for assignments on command line.
-    for (a, $${currentConfig}.commandline.assignments._KEYS_) {
-        apfx = $${currentConfig}.commandline.assignments.$${a}
+    for (a, $${asspfx}._KEYS_) {
+        apfx = $${asspfx}.$${a}
         ra = config.commandline.rev_assignments.$$eval($$apfx)
         $$ra = $$a
         export($$ra)
@@ -479,6 +514,18 @@ defineTest(qtConfLibrary_inline) {
         export($${1}.libs)
     }
 
+    incdir = $$val_escape(config.input.$${input}.incdir)
+    !isEmpty(incdir) {
+        $${1}.includedir = $$incdir
+        export($${1}.includedir)
+    }
+
+    libdir = $$val_escape(config.input.$${input}.libdir)
+    !isEmpty(libdir) {
+        $${1}.libs = "-L$$libdir $$eval($${1}.libs)"
+        export($${1}.libs)
+    }
+
     return(true)
 }
 
diff --git a/qtbase/src/gui/configure.json b/qtbase/src/gui/configure.json
index 1f50116..af03362 100644
--- a/qtbase/src/gui/configure.json
+++ b/qtbase/src/gui/configure.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             "test": "unix/freetype",
             "sources": [
                 { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "freetype2" },
-                { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lfreetype" }
+                { "libs": "-lfreetype" }
             ]
         },
         "fontconfig": {
diff --git a/qtbase/src/network/configure.json b/qtbase/src/network/configure.json
index 1e08aa7..314970e 100644
--- a/qtbase/src/network/configure.json
+++ b/qtbase/src/network/configure.json
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
     "commandline": {
         "assignments": {
-            "OPENSSL_LIBS": "openssl.libs",
-            "OPENSSL_LIBS_DEBUG": "openssl.libs.debug",
-            "OPENSSL_LIBS_RELEASE": "openssl.libs.release",
             "OPENSSL_PATH": "openssl.prefix"
         },
         "options": {
diff --git a/qtbase/src/sql/configure.json b/qtbase/src/sql/configure.json
index 96c82e8..51a7e51 100644
--- a/qtbase/src/sql/configure.json
+++ b/qtbase/src/sql/configure.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "commandline": {
         "assignments": {
             "MYSQL_PATH": "mysql.prefix",
-            "PSQL_LIBS": "psql.libs",
             "SYBASE": "tds.prefix",
             "SYBASE_LIBS": "tds.libs"
         },
@@ -71,8 +70,8 @@
             "sources": [
                 { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "libpq" },
                 { "type": "psqlConfig" },
-                { "type": "psqlEnv", "libs": "-llibpq -lws2_32 -ladvapi32", "condition": "config.win32" },
-                { "type": "psqlEnv", "libs": "-lpq", "condition": "!config.win32" }
+                { "libs": "-llibpq -lws2_32 -ladvapi32", "condition": "config.win32" },
+                { "libs": "-lpq", "condition": "!config.win32" }
             ]
         },
         "tds": {