diff --git a/build_num b/build_num
index d599eafa0..5c6a58d8f 100644
--- a/build_num
+++ b/build_num
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define BUILD_NUM 1541
+#define BUILD_NUM 1543
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 25739254b..1abc77157 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ then
         ccache -s
 fi
 
+AC_PATH_PROG(DISTCC, distcc, , )
+AC_SUBST(DISTCC)
+
 dnl AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Main.make ])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ qmake.inc ])
 
diff --git a/qmake.inc.in b/qmake.inc.in
index ec3c9368a..d43c04179 100644
--- a/qmake.inc.in
+++ b/qmake.inc.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ unix {
     FWBPARSER_LIB = ../parsers/libfwbparser.a
     FWTRANSFER_LIB = ../fwtransfer/libfwtransfer.a
 
-    QMAKE_CXX = @CCACHE@ g++
+    QMAKE_CXX = @CCACHE@ @DISTCC@ g++
 
     !macx {