diff --git a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
index 3c3e520c..f762d426 100644
--- a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
+++ b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ virtual/perl-* -~arm
 dev-libs/boost -~arm
 dev-util/boost-build -~arm
 
+# force stable qt
+dev-qt/qtcore -~arm
+
 # Only use stable versions of these libs
 sys-kernel/linux-headers -~arm
 sys-libs/glibc -~arm