diff --git a/ports/src/app/arora/target.mk b/ports/src/app/arora/target.mk
index ca24276b0f..f6b52ce4ef 100644
--- a/ports/src/app/arora/target.mk
+++ b/ports/src/app/arora/target.mk
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ ARORA = arora-0.11.0
 
 # identify the qt4 repository by searching for a file that is unique for qt4
 QT4_REP_DIR := $(call select_from_repositories,lib/import/import-qt4.inc)
+
+ifeq ($(QT4_REP_DIR),)
+REQUIRES += qt4
+endif
+
 QT4_REP_DIR := $(realpath $(dir $(QT4_REP_DIR))../..)
 
-include $(QT4_REP_DIR)/src/app/tmpl/target_defaults.inc
+-include $(QT4_REP_DIR)/src/app/tmpl/target_defaults.inc
 
 HEADERS_FILTER_OUT = \
   adblockschemeaccesshandler.h \
@@ -75,4 +80,4 @@ vpath % $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(ARORA)/src/qwebplugins/nitpicker
 vpath % $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(ARORA)/src/useragent
 vpath % $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(ARORA)/src/utils
 
-include $(QT4_REP_DIR)/src/app/tmpl/target_final.inc
+-include $(QT4_REP_DIR)/src/app/tmpl/target_final.inc