diff --git a/crates/qt-build-utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/qt-build-utils/src/lib.rs
index d7bb39004..419530654 100644
--- a/crates/qt-build-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/qt-build-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl QtBuild {
         }
 
         // Fedora 36 renames Qt5's qmake to qmake-qt5
-        let candidate_executable_names = ["qmake6", "qmake-qt5", "qmake"];
+        let candidate_executable_names = ["qmake", "qmake6", "qmake-qt5"];
         for (index, executable_name) in candidate_executable_names.iter().enumerate() {
             match verify_candidate(executable_name) {
                 Ok((executable_name, version)) => {