diff --git a/mkspecs/features/externals.pri b/mkspecs/features/externals.pri
index e83eade80..441506842 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/externals.pri
+++ b/mkspecs/features/externals.pri
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ isEmpty(EXTERNALSROOT) {
 ################################
 
 win32-clang-msvc: EXTERNALS_SPEC = win32-msvc
+else:linux:       EXTERNALS_SPEC = linux-g++
 else:             EXTERNALS_SPEC = $$basename(QMAKESPEC)
 
 msvc {