diff --git a/depends/hosts/default.mk b/depends/hosts/default.mk
index 6f60d6b3f..144e5f88b 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/default.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/default.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+ifneq ($(host),$(build))
+host_toolchain:=$(host)-
+endif
+
 default_host_CC = $(host_toolchain)gcc
 default_host_CXX = $(host_toolchain)g++
 default_host_AR = $(host_toolchain)ar
diff --git a/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk b/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
index fb97e0b9e..12695db4b 100644
--- a/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
+# 2.12.1 uses CHAR_WIDTH which is reserved and clashes with some glibc versions, but newer versions of fontconfig
+# have broken makefiles which needlessly attempt to re-generate headers with gperf.
+# Instead, change all uses of CHAR_WIDTH, and disable the rule that forces header re-generation.
+# This can be removed once the upstream build is fixed.
 define $(package)_build_cmds
+  sed -i 's/CHAR_WIDTH/CHARWIDTH/g' fontconfig/fontconfig.h src/fcobjshash.gperf src/fcobjs.h src/fcobjshash.h && \
+  sed -i 's/fcobjshash.h: fcobjshash.gperf/fcobjshash.h:/' src/Makefile && \
   $(MAKE)
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/openssl.mk b/depends/packages/openssl.mk
index 5ee9f17a6..37f0c28a5 100644
--- a/depends/packages/openssl.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/openssl.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts_linux=-fPIC -Wa,--noexecstack
 $(package)_config_opts_x86_64_linux=linux-x86_64
 $(package)_config_opts_i686_linux=linux-generic32
 $(package)_config_opts_arm_linux=linux-generic32
+$(package)_config_opts_armv7l_linux=linux-generic32
 $(package)_config_opts_aarch64_linux=linux-generic64
 $(package)_config_opts_mipsel_linux=linux-generic32
 $(package)_config_opts_mips_linux=linux-generic32
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 088723ebd..47a7b5f58 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ qt_packages = qrencode protobuf zlib
 
 qt_x86_64_linux_packages:=qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
 qt_i686_linux_packages:=$(qt_x86_64_linux_packages)
+qt_arm_linux_packages:=$(qt_x86_64_linux_packages)
 
 qt_darwin_packages=qt
 qt_mingw32_packages=qt
diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 9d1fb100a..4fa741d42 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts_linux += -system-freetype
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -no-sm
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -fontconfig
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -no-opengl
-$(package)_config_opts_arm_linux  = -platform linux-g++ -xplatform $(host)
+$(package)_config_opts_arm_linux  = -platform linux-g++ -xplatform bitcoin-linux-g++
 $(package)_config_opts_i686_linux  = -xplatform linux-g++-32
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32  = -no-opengl -xplatform win32-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE="$(host)-"
 $(package)_build_env  = QT_RCC_TEST=1
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   cp -f qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang/Info.plist.app qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/ &&\
   cp -f qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang/qplatformdefs.h qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/ &&\
   cp -f $($(package)_patch_dir)/mac-qmake.conf qtbase/mkspecs/macx-clang-linux/qmake.conf && \
+  cp -r qtbase/mkspecs/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ qtbase/mkspecs/bitcoin-linux-g++ && \
+  sed -i s/arm-linux-gnueabi-/$(host)-/g qtbase/mkspecs/bitcoin-linux-g++/qmake.conf && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/mingw-uuidof.patch && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/pidlist_absolute.patch && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-xcb-include-order.patch && \