diff --git a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.8.3-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.8.3-r1.ebuild
index c1b5b0eb8eedd..6b06e7f822b96 100644
--- a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.8.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.8.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(cmake-utils_use designer PHONON_BUILD_DESIGNER_PLUGIN)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_with pulseaudio GLIB2)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_with pulseaudio PulseAudio)
-		$(multilib_is_native_abi && cmake-utils_use_with zeitgeist QZeitgeist)
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=$(usex zeitgeist) || echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=OFF)
 		-DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE="$(${QT_MULTIBUILD_VARIANT}_get_bindir)"/qmake
 	)
 	if [[ ${QT_MULTIBUILD_VARIANT} = qt4 ]]; then
diff --git a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.9.0.ebuild b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.9.0.ebuild
index 8a2830cce28ab..ae53534a8505c 100644
--- a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-4.9.0.ebuild
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		-DPHONON_INSTALL_QT_EXTENSIONS_INTO_SYSTEM_QT=TRUE
 		-DWITH_GLIB2=$(usex pulseaudio)
 		-DWITH_PulseAudio=$(usex pulseaudio)
-		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=$(usex zeitgeist))
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=$(usex zeitgeist) || echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=OFF)
 	)
 
 	if [[ ${QT_MULTIBUILD_VARIANT} = qt4 ]]; then
diff --git a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-9999.ebuild
index 8a2830cce28ab..ae53534a8505c 100644
--- a/media-libs/phonon/phonon-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/phonon/phonon-9999.ebuild
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		-DPHONON_INSTALL_QT_EXTENSIONS_INTO_SYSTEM_QT=TRUE
 		-DWITH_GLIB2=$(usex pulseaudio)
 		-DWITH_PulseAudio=$(usex pulseaudio)
-		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=$(usex zeitgeist))
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=$(usex zeitgeist) || echo -DWITH_QZeitgeist=OFF)
 	)
 
 	if [[ ${QT_MULTIBUILD_VARIANT} = qt4 ]]; then