diff --git a/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
index 05ddb54177c..cf64e485e81 100644
--- a/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
@@ -1198,20 +1198,20 @@ function(qt_internal_collect_module_headers out_var target)
     get_target_property(private_filter ${target} _qt_module_private_headers_filter_regex)
     get_target_property(qpa_filter ${target} _qt_module_qpa_headers_filter_regex)
 
-    foreach(file IN LISTS sources)
-        if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE)
-            get_filename_component(file "${file}" ABSOLUTE)
-        endif()
-        get_filename_component(file_name "${file}" NAME)
+    foreach(file_path IN LISTS sources)
+        get_filename_component(file_name "${file_path}" NAME)
         if(NOT file_name MATCHES ".+\\.h$")
             continue()
         endif()
-        if(qpa_filter AND file MATCHES "${qpa_filter}")
-            list(APPEND ${out_var}_qpa "${file}")
-        elseif(private_filter AND file MATCHES "${private_filter}")
-            list(APPEND ${out_var}_private "${file}")
-        elseif(NOT public_filter OR file MATCHES "${public_filter}")
-            list(APPEND ${out_var}_public "${file}")
+        get_filename_component(file_path "${file_path}" ABSOLUTE)
+        get_filename_component(file_path "${file_path}" REALPATH)
+        list(APPEND ${out_var}_all "${file_path}")
+        if(qpa_filter AND file_name MATCHES "${qpa_filter}")
+            list(APPEND ${out_var}_qpa "${file_path}")
+        elseif(private_filter AND file_name MATCHES "${private_filter}")
+            list(APPEND ${out_var}_private "${file_path}")
+        elseif(NOT public_filter OR file_name MATCHES "${public_filter}")
+            list(APPEND ${out_var}_public "${file_path}")
         endif()
     endforeach()