diff --git a/bypy/init_env.py b/bypy/init_env.py
index ce127019fd..1b78036cfb 100644
--- a/bypy/init_env.py
+++ b/bypy/init_env.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ dlls = [
     'Widgets',
     # 'Multimedia',
     'OpenGL',
+    'Quick',
+    'Qml',
     # 'MultimediaWidgets',
     'Xml',
     # 'XmlPatterns',
diff --git a/bypy/linux/__main__.py b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
index 9c10672b0a..ef5a1a704b 100644
--- a/bypy/linux/__main__.py
+++ b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
@@ -115,11 +115,14 @@ def copy_libs(env):
             stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH)
 
     base = j(QT_PREFIX, 'plugins')
-    dest = j(env.lib_dir, 'qt_plugins')
+    dest = j(env.lib_dir, '..', 'plugins')
     os.mkdir(dest)
     for x in QT_PLUGINS:
         if x not in ('audio', 'printsupport'):
             shutil.copytree(j(base, x), j(dest, x))
+    dest = j(env.lib_dir, '..', 'libexec')
+    os.mkdir(dest)
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(QT_PREFIX, 'libexec', 'QtWebEngineProcess'), dest)
 
 
 def copy_python(env, ext_dir):
diff --git a/bypy/linux/launcher.c b/bypy/linux/launcher.c
index f25abbcfb6..b1ecdc6fc0 100644
--- a/bypy/linux/launcher.c
+++ b/bypy/linux/launcher.c
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     /* qt-at-spi causes crashes and performance issues in various distros, so disable it */
     SET("QT_ACCESSIBILITY", "0")
-    memset(buf, 0, PATHLEN);
-    ldp = getenv("QT_PLUGIN_PATH");
-    if (ldp == NULL) snprintf(buf, PATHLEN, "%s/qt_plugins", lib);
-    else snprintf(buf, PATHLEN, "%s/qt_plugins:%s", lib, ldp);
-    SET("QT_PLUGIN_PATH", buf);
+	SET("CALIBRE_QT_PREFIX", base)
 
     memset(buf, 0, PATHLEN);
     ldp = getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 214ce90f91..c219b17380 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ def sanitize_env_vars():
     is needed to prevent library conflicts when launching external utilities.'''
 
     if islinux and isfrozen:
-        env_vars = {'LD_LIBRARY_PATH':'/lib', 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH':'/lib/qt_plugins'}
+        env_vars = {'LD_LIBRARY_PATH':'/lib'}
     elif iswindows:
         env_vars = {k:None for k in 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH'.split()}
     elif isosx: