diff --git a/sci-geosciences/qgis/metadata.xml b/sci-geosciences/qgis/metadata.xml
index f25562d2fc93c..162cbbaa3dec2 100644
--- a/sci-geosciences/qgis/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-geosciences/qgis/metadata.xml
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
 		<flag name="grass">Add support for <pkg>sci-geosciences/grass</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="mapserver">Determines whether mapserver should be built</flag>
 		<flag name="polar">Enable support for the polar coordinate system via <pkg>x11-libs/qwtpolar</pkg></flag>
+		<flag name="qml">Enable support Qml-based plugins using <pkg>dev-qt/qtdeclarative</pkg></flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sci-geosciences/qgis/qgis-9999.ebuild b/sci-geosciences/qgis/qgis-9999.ebuild
index efdffd875188a..7ea4905841a83 100644
--- a/sci-geosciences/qgis/qgis-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sci-geosciences/qgis/qgis-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://www.qgis.org/"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+ GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="3d examples georeferencer grass mapserver oracle polar postgres python webkit"
+IUSE="3d examples georeferencer grass mapserver oracle polar postgres python qml webkit"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} mapserver? ( python )"
 
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 		>=sci-libs/gdal-2.2.3[python,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		postgres? ( dev-python/psycopg:2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	)
+	qml? ( >=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QT_MIN_VER}:5 )
 	webkit? ( >=dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.9.1:5 )
 "
 DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DWITH_POSTGRESQL=$(usex postgres)
 		-DWITH_BINDINGS=$(usex python)
 		-DWITH_CUSTOM_WIDGETS=$(usex python)
+		-DWITH_QUICK=$(usex qml)
 		-DWITH_QTWEBKIT=$(usex webkit)
 	)