diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index 0af3479cf2a..3976362d6ef 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ qt_feature("shared" PUBLIC
 qt_feature_definition("shared" "QT_STATIC" NEGATE PREREQUISITE "!defined(QT_SHARED) && !defined(QT_STATIC)")
 qt_feature_config("shared" QMAKE_PUBLIC_QT_CONFIG)
 qt_feature_config("shared" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
+qt_feature("static" PUBLIC
+    CONDITION NOT QT_FEATURE_shared
+)
+qt_feature_config("static" QMAKE_PUBLIC_QT_CONFIG)
+qt_feature_config("static" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("use_bfd_linker"
     LABEL "bfd"
     AUTODETECT false
diff --git a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
index 7e94f8335e5..b98aece55ba 100755
--- a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@ def get_feature_mapping():
         },
         "silent": None,
         "sql-sqlite": {"condition": "QT_FEATURE_datestring"},
-        "static": None,
         "static_runtime": None,
         "stl": None,  # Do we really need to test for this in 2018?!
         "strip": None,