diff --git a/dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
similarity index 57%
rename from dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
index 3a85ab072f1ce..952ae0ab2e749 100644
--- a/dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/qt5-sqlcipher/qt5-sqlcipher-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit cmake-utils
+inherit cmake-utils eapi7-ver
 
 DESCRIPTION="Qt SQL driver plugin for SQLCipher"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/blizzard4591/qt5-sqlcipher"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 DEPEND=">=dev-db/sqlcipher-3.4.1
 	>=dev-qt/qtcore-5.7.1:5=
-	>=dev-qt/qtsql-5.7.1:5=[sqlite]	<dev-qt/qtsql-5.9.6:5=[sqlite]"
+	>=dev-qt/qtsql-5.7.1:5=[sqlite]	<dev-qt/qtsql-5.10:5=[sqlite]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 DOCS=(README.md)
@@ -23,9 +23,21 @@ DOCS=(README.md)
 src_prepare() {
 	eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-install-path.patch
 	sed -i -e "s/@LIBDIR@/$(get_libdir)/" CMakeLists.txt || die
-	# workaround for bug 647624 (Qt 5.9.3 and 5.9.4 files are identical)
-	cp -R qt-file-cache/5.9.{3,4} || die
-	cp -R qt-file-cache/5.9.{3,5} || die
+
+	local v=$(best_version dev-qt/qtsql:5)
+	v=$(ver_cut 1-3 ${v#*/qtsql-})
+	[[ -n ${v} ]] || die "could not determine qtsql version"
+	if ! [[ -d qt-file-cache/${v} ]]; then
+		local vc
+		case $(ver_cut 1-2 ${v}) in
+			5.7) vc=5.7.1 ;;
+			5.9) vc=5.9.3 ;;
+			*) die "qtsql-${v} not supported" ;;
+		esac
+		elog "qtsql-${v} not in cache, using ${vc} instead"
+		cp -R qt-file-cache/${vc} qt-file-cache/${v} || die
+	fi
+
 	cmake-utils_src_prepare
 }