diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/network/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/benchmarks/network/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b1a7ac1ff7..4175518f343 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/network/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/network/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Generated from network.pro.
 
+# special case begin
+# SSL library include path is not propagated with private tests which results in
+# test not being able to find the ssl header when they are not in the standard
+# include paths
+if (QT_FEATURE_private_tests)
+    if (QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked AND QT_FEATURE_ssl)
+        include_directories($<TARGET_PROPERTY:OpenSSL::SSL,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+    endif()
+
+    if (QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND NOT QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked)
+        include_directories($<TARGET_PROPERTY:${INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE}::SSL_nolink,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+    endif()
+endif()
+# special case end
+
 add_subdirectory(access)
 add_subdirectory(kernel)
 add_subdirectory(socket)