diff --git phonon/factory.cpp phonon/factory.cpp
index 66449be1ba8f2084a10d0e184fa8bf0a58b9a240..baa1420da9ec8db4becafaebc16118f2cc335c50 100644
--- phonon/factory.cpp
+++ phonon/factory.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ QList<BackendDescriptor> Factory::findBackends()
     }
 
     // Apply PHONON_BACKEND override if set.
-    const QString backendEnv = qEnvironmentVariable("PHONON_BACKEND");
+    const QString backendEnv = qgetenv("PHONON_BACKEND");
     if (backendEnv.isEmpty()) {
         return backendList;
     }