diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 476d674..a6e4916 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ def generate(self):
         else:
             tc.variables["FEATURE_xml"] = False
 
+        if self.get_option("qttools") and self.get_option("qttranslations"):
+            tc.variables["QT_FEATURE_linguist"] = True # feature switch for lupdate, lrelease, lconvert
+        else:
+            tc.variables["QT_FEATURE_linguist"] = False
+
         if self.get_option("qtmultimedia"):
             tc.variables["FFMPEG_DIR"] = self.dependencies["ffmpeg"].package_folder
             tc.variables["QT_DEFAULT_MEDIA_BACKEND"] = "ffmpeg"
diff --git a/patches/linguist.patch b/patches/linguist.patch
index bd4c674..a5125ed 100644
--- a/patches/linguist.patch
+++ b/patches/linguist.patch
@@ -12,15 +12,24 @@ index 9fbbe2c..afd5982 100644
  
  if(TARGET WrapLibClang::WrapLibClang)
 diff --git a/src/linguist/CMakeLists.txt b/src/linguist/CMakeLists.txt
-index d85254b..3434853 100644
+index ab2169dec..992399c4e 100644
 --- a/src/linguist/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/src/linguist/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ add_subdirectory(lrelease)
+@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ qt_exclude_tool_directories_from_default_target(
+     linguist
+ )
+ 
+-if(NOT QT_FEATURE_linguist)
+-    return()
+-endif()
+ add_subdirectory(lconvert)
+ add_subdirectory(lprodump)
+ add_subdirectory(lrelease)
  add_subdirectory(lrelease-pro)
  add_subdirectory(lupdate)
  add_subdirectory(lupdate-pro)
 -if(QT_FEATURE_process AND QT_FEATURE_pushbutton AND QT_FEATURE_toolbutton AND TARGET Qt::Widgets AND NOT no-png)
-+if(QT_FEATURE_printsupport AND QT_FEATURE_process AND QT_FEATURE_pushbutton AND QT_FEATURE_toolbutton AND TARGET Qt::Widgets AND NOT no-png)
++if(QT_FEATURE_linguist AND QT_FEATURE_printsupport AND QT_FEATURE_process AND QT_FEATURE_pushbutton AND QT_FEATURE_toolbutton AND TARGET Qt::Widgets AND NOT no-png)
      add_subdirectory(linguist)
  endif()