diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71fca00e..239a506a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ endif()
 if(APPLE)
   list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5MacExtras)
 
+  if(NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH AND DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+    message(STATUS "Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable: '$ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}'")
+    set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+  endif()
   if(NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
     execute_process(COMMAND brew --prefix qt5 OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT5_DIR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${QT5_DIR})
@@ -271,6 +275,12 @@ if(QT5_PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
   if(APPLE)
     list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER)
     list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES)
+    list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+    # temporal workaround for https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80922
+    STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER}")
+    STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES}")
+    STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   endif()
 
   set(QT5_LIBRARIES ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES} ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER})