diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt6/qttools_git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt6/qttools_git.bb
index d31ad1b..c6df934 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt6/qttools_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt6/qttools_git.bb
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 
 DEPENDS += "qtbase qtdeclarative qttools-native"
 
-QTTOOLS_USE_CLANG ?= "${@ 'clang' if bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(d.getVar('LLVMVERSION') or '', '17', '>') else ''}"
+CAN_USE_CLANG = "${@True if bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(d.getVar('LLVMVERSION') or '', '17', '>') or \
+    os.path.exists(os.path.join(d.getVar('COREBASE'),'meta/recipes-devtools/clang')) else False}"
+CAN_USE_CLANG:mingw32 = "False"
+
+QTTOOLS_USE_CLANG ?= "${@ 'clang' if bb.utils.to_boolean(d.getVar('CAN_USE_CLANG')) else ''}"
 PACKAGECONFIG:class-native = "${QTTOOLS_USE_CLANG}"
 PACKAGECONFIG:class-nativesdk = "${QTTOOLS_USE_CLANG}"
-PACKAGECONFIG:remove:mingw32 = "${QTTOOLS_USE_CLANG}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[clang] = "-DFEATURE_clang=ON,-DFEATURE_clang=OFF,clang"