diff --git a/qt.spec b/qt.spec
index 91bbf56..1f5cfcc 100644
--- a/qt.spec
+++ b/qt.spec
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@
 # See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/223663
 %define multilib_archs x86_64 %{ix86} ppc64 ppc s390x s390 sparc64 sparcv9
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 16
+# use external qt_settings pkg
+%define qt_settings 1
+%endif
+
 Summary: Qt toolkit
 Name:    qt
 Epoch:   1
 Version: 4.8.1
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 
 # See LGPL_EXCEPTIONS.txt, LICENSE.GPL3, respectively, for exception details
 License: (LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions) and ASL 2.0 and BSD and FTL and MIT
@@ -241,6 +246,9 @@ BuildRequires: freetds-devel
 Obsoletes: qgtkstyle < 0.1
 Provides:  qgtkstyle = 0.1-1
 Requires: ca-certificates
+%if 0%{?qt_settings}
+Requires: qt-settings
+%endif
 
 %description 
 Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications.
@@ -677,8 +685,10 @@ popd
   echo "%{_qt4_libdir}" > %{buildroot}/etc/ld.so.conf.d/qt4-%{__isa_bits}.conf
 %endif
 
+%if ! 0%{?qt_settings}
 # Trolltech.conf
 install -p -m644 -D %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_qt4_sysconfdir}/Trolltech.conf
+%endif
 
 # qt4-logo (generic) icons
 install -p -m644 -D %{SOURCE30} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/qt4-logo.png
@@ -857,7 +867,9 @@ fi
 %if "%{_qt4_sysconfdir}" != "%{_sysconfdir}"
 %dir %{_qt4_sysconfdir}
 %endif
+%if ! 0%{?qt_settings}
 %config(noreplace) %{_qt4_sysconfdir}/Trolltech.conf
+%endif
 %{_qt4_datadir}/phrasebooks/
 %{_qt4_libdir}/libQtCore.so.4*
 %if 0%{?dbus:1}
@@ -1080,6 +1092,12 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 10 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 4.8.1-10
+- Requires: qt-settings (f17+)
+
+* Tue May 08 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 4.8.1-9
+- rebuild (libtiff)
+
 * Thu May 03 2012 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 4.8.1-8
 - add rhel/fedora condition