diff --git a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
index 8b7ba2ed6f..2d6bb8af70 100755
--- a/mythtv/configure
+++ b/mythtv/configure
@@ -6099,21 +6099,26 @@ enable_weak_pic() {
 
 enabled pic && enable_weak_pic
 
-is_qmake5(){
-    $1 --version 2>&1 | egrep -q -e "Qt version 5\.[2-9]\.[0-9]"
+version2string(){
+    # accepts version as in 1.10.4 and turns it into 0001.0010.0004.0000.0000 which can be compared as a string
+    echo $1 | awk -F. '{ printf("%04d.%04d.%04d.%04d.%04d", $1, $2, $3, $4, $5); };'
 }
 
+# Minimum supported Qt version
+qt_minimum_version="5.7.1"
+
 # qmake-qt5 /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake
 if [ x"$qmake" = "xqmake" ]; then
-    CHECK_QMAKE=`which qmake-qt5 2>&1`" /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/local/lib/qt5/bin/qmake `which $qmake 2>&1`"
+    CHECK_QMAKE=`which -a qmake-qt5 2>/dev/null`" /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/local/lib/qt5/bin/qmake `which -a $qmake 2>/dev/null`"
 else
-    CHECK_QMAKE=`which $qmake 2>&1`" "`which qmake-qt5 2>&1`" /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/local/lib/qt5/bin/qmake"
+    CHECK_QMAKE=`which -a $qmake 2>/dev/null`" "`which -a qmake-qt5 2>/dev/null`" /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/local/lib/qt5/bin/qmake"
 fi
 # try to find a qt5 qmake to use
 found_qmake=''
 for i in $CHECK_QMAKE; do
     if test -e $i ; then
-        if is_qmake5 $i; then
+        qmake_version=`$i --version | sed -n  "s/.*Qt version \([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\) .*/\1/p"`
+        if ! [ $(version2string $qmake_version) \< $(version2string $qt_minimum_version) ]; then
             found_qmake=$i
             check_cxxflags -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050000
             break;
@@ -6124,7 +6129,7 @@ for i in $CHECK_QMAKE; do
     fi
 done
 if [ x"$found_qmake" = "x" ]; then
-    die "qmake for Qt5.2 or newer not found.\nPlease specify the correct qmake with --qmake="
+    die "qmake for Qt version $qt_minimum_version or newer not found.  Please specify the correct qmake with --qmake="
 else
     qmake=$found_qmake
 fi