diff --git a/media-video/makemkv/files/makemkv-flags.patch b/media-video/makemkv/files/makemkv-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f88bde00e6510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-video/makemkv/files/makemkv-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+diff -Naur a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+--- a/Makefile.in	2016-12-11 16:14:27.000000000 +0000
++++ b/Makefile.in	2016-12-17 23:13:03.227251463 +0000
+@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
+ include makefile.common
+ 
+ GCC=@CC@
++GXX=@CXX@
+ MOC=@QT_MOC@
+ 
+ CFLAGS=@CFLAGS_OPT@ -D_linux_ -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
++LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
+ DESTDIR=@DESTDIR@
+ PREFIX=@prefix@
+ ENABLE_GUI=@ENABLE_GUI@
+@@ -51,13 +53,13 @@
+ 
+ out/libdriveio.so.0.full:
+ 	mkdir -p out
+-	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(LIBDRIVEIO_INC) $(LIBDRIVEIO_SRC) \
++	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(LIBDRIVEIO_INC) $(LIBDRIVEIO_SRC) \
+ 	-fPIC -Xlinker -dy -Xlinker --version-script=libdriveio/src/libdriveio.vers \
+ 	-Xlinker -soname=libdriveio.so.0 -lc -lstdc++
+ 
+ out/libmakemkv.so.1.full: tmp/gen_buildinfo.h
+ 	mkdir -p out
+-	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(LIBEBML_INC) $(LIBEBML_DEF) $(LIBMATROSKA_INC) \
++	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(LIBEBML_INC) $(LIBEBML_DEF) $(LIBMATROSKA_INC) \
+ 	$(LIBMAKEMKV_INC) $(SSTRING_INC) $(MAKEMKVGUI_INC) $(LIBABI_INC) $(LIBFFABI_INC) $(LIBDCADEC_DEF) \
+ 	$(LIBEBML_SRC) $(LIBMATROSKA_SRC) $(LIBMAKEMKV_SRC) $(GLIBC_SRC) $(SSTRING_SRC) \
+ 	$(LIBABI_SRC) $(LIBABI_SRC_LINUX) $(LIBFFABI_SRC) $(LIBDCADEC_SRC) \
+@@ -67,16 +69,16 @@
+ 
+ out/libmmbd.so.0.full:
+ 	mkdir -p out
+-	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(MAKEMKVGUI_INC) $(LIBMMBD_INC) \
++	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT -shared -Wl,-z,defs -o$@ $(MAKEMKVGUI_INC) $(LIBMMBD_INC) \
+ 	$(LIBMAKEMKV_INC) $(SSTRING_INC) $(LIBABI_INC) $(LIBMMBD_SRC) $(LIBMMBD_SRC_LINUX) $(SSTRING_SRC) \
+ 	-fPIC -Xlinker -dy -Xlinker --version-script=libmmbd/src/libmmbd.vers \
+ 	-Xlinker -soname=libmmbd.so.0 -lc -lstdc++ -lrt -lpthread -lcrypto
+ 
+ out/makemkv.full: $(MAKEMKVGUI_GEN) $(MAKEMKVGUI_SRC_LINUX) tmp/gen_buildinfo.h
+ 	mkdir -p out
+-	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ $(MAKEMKVGUI_INC) $(LIBMAKEMKV_INC) $(SSTRING_INC) $(LIBDRIVEIO_INC) $(LIBABI_INC) \
++	$(GXX) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o$@ $(MAKEMKVGUI_INC) $(LIBMAKEMKV_INC) $(SSTRING_INC) $(LIBDRIVEIO_INC) $(LIBABI_INC) \
+ 	$(MAKEMKVGUI_SRC) $(MAKEMKVGUI_SRC_LINUX) $(MAKEMKVGUI_GEN) $(SSTRING_SRC) $(LIBDRIVEIO_SRC_PUB) \
+-	-DHAVE_BUILDINFO_H -Itmp \
++	-std=c++11 -DHAVE_BUILDINFO_H -Itmp \
+ 	@QT_INC@ -lc -lstdc++ \
+ 	@QT_LIB@ -lpthread -lz -lrt
+ 
diff --git a/media-video/makemkv/makemkv-1.10.3.ebuild b/media-video/makemkv/makemkv-1.10.3.ebuild
index d2a5e6ee72d0e..fd12203a331c1 100644
--- a/media-video/makemkv/makemkv-1.10.3.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/makemkv/makemkv-1.10.3.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 S="${WORKDIR}/makemkv-oss-${PV}"
 
 src_prepare() {
-	PATCHES+=( "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-{makefile,path,sysmacros}.patch )
+	PATCHES+=( "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-{makefile,path,sysmacros,flags}.patch )
 
 	# Qt5 always trumps Qt4 if it is available. There are no configure
 	# options or variables to control this and there is no publicly
@@ -75,15 +75,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	econf "${econf_args[@]}"
 }
 
-src_compile() {
-	emake GCC="$(tc-getCC) ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}"
-}
-
 src_install() {
-	# install oss package
-	dolib.so out/libdriveio.so.0
-	dolib.so out/libmakemkv.so.1
-	dolib.so out/libmmbd.so.0
+	default
+
+	# add missing symlinks for QA
 	dosym libdriveio.so.0 /usr/$(get_libdir)/libdriveio.so.0.${PV}
 	dosym libdriveio.so.0 /usr/$(get_libdir)/libdriveio.so
 	dosym libmakemkv.so.1 /usr/$(get_libdir)/libmakemkv.so.1.${PV}
@@ -91,17 +86,6 @@ src_install() {
 	dosym libmmbd.so.0    /usr/$(get_libdir)/libmmbd.so
 	dosym libmmbd.so.0    /usr/$(get_libdir)/libmmbd.so.0.${PV}
 
-	if use qt5 || use qt4; then
-		dobin out/makemkv
-
-		local res
-		for res in 16 22 32 64 128; do
-			newicon -s ${res} makemkvgui/share/icons/${res}x${res}/makemkv.png ${PN}.png
-		done
-
-		make_desktop_entry ${PN} MakeMKV ${PN} 'Qt;AudioVideo;Video'
-	fi
-
 	cd "${WORKDIR}"/${MY_PB} || die
 
 	# install prebuilt bins