diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 809412d17..f78750215 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,16 @@ if [ "$PLATFORM" = Linux ] && [[ $QT_VERSION == 5* ]] ; then
 		rm -rf "$INSTALL_ROOT"/include/QtLocation > /dev/null 2>&1
 		rm -rf "$INSTALL_ROOT"/include/QtPositioning > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-		git clone --branch "v$QT_VERSION" https://code.qt.io/qt/qtlocation.git --depth=1 $QTLOC_GIT
+		# thanks for nothing, Qt company...
+		# the forced open source releases apparently don't even deserve a tag in their repos
+		# so the correct SHA is extracted by looking at the qtlocation change introduced by
+		# the -lts-lgpl tag in https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qt5.git
+		if [ "$QT_VERSION" = "5.15.3" ] ; then
+			git clone https://code.qt.io/qt/qtlocation.git $QTLOC_GIT
+			git -C $QTLOC_GIT checkout 1bf01b84e30aab2b87a19184ce42160e6c92d8b
+		else
+			git clone --branch "v$QT_VERSION" https://code.qt.io/qt/qtlocation.git --depth=1 $QTLOC_GIT
+		fi
 
 		mkdir -p "$QTLOC_PRIVATE"
 		cd $QTLOC_GIT/src/location