diff --git a/cmake/QtPluginHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPluginHelpers.cmake
index 2db9d4628a6..bc0f651b99c 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPluginHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPluginHelpers.cmake
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ function(qt_internal_add_plugin target)
             # This QT_PLUGINS assignment is only used by QtPostProcessHelpers to decide if a
             # QtModulePlugins.cmake file should be generated.
             set_property(TARGET "${qt_module_target}" APPEND PROPERTY QT_PLUGINS "${target}")
+        else()
+            # The _qt_plugins property is considered when collecting the plugins in
+            # deployment process. The usecase is following:
+            # QtModuleX is built separately and installed, so it's imported.
+            # The plugin is built in some application build tree and its PLUGIN_TYPE is associated
+            # with QtModuleX.
+            set_property(TARGET "${qt_module_target}" APPEND PROPERTY _qt_plugins "${target}")
         endif()
 
         set(plugin_target_versioned "${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::${target}")
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 90f52620ad0..707065f2826 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -392,3 +392,6 @@ endif()
 
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_config_expressions)
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_QTP0003)
+if(NOT NO_GUI)
+    _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_collecting_plugins)
+endif()
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..246acd4c717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+project(test_collecting_plugins
+    VERSION
+        "${CMAKE_Core_MODULE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_Core_MODULE_MINOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_Core_MODULE_PATCH_VERSION}")
+
+find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core Gui BuildInternals REQUIRED)
+
+qt_prepare_standalone_project()
+
+qt_internal_add_plugin(QTestImagePlugin
+    SHARED
+    PLUGIN_TYPE imageformats
+    SOURCES
+        plugin.cpp
+    LIBRARIES
+        Qt6::Gui
+    SKIP_INSTALL # Make sure that we do not package this plugin
+)
+
+qt_add_executable(TestExecutable main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(TestExecutable PRIVATE Qt6::Gui)
+
+__qt_internal_collect_plugin_targets_from_dependencies(TestExecutable plugin_targets)
+
+if(NOT "QTestImagePlugin" IN_LIST plugin_targets)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "QTestImagePlugin plugin is missing")
+endif()
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/main.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09225de2053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only
+
+int main(int, char *[])
+{
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/plugin.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/plugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f844d86c4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_collecting_plugins/plugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only
+
+#include <qimageiohandler.h>
+
+class TestImagePlugin : public QImageIOPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QImageIOHandlerFactoryInterface")
+public:
+    Capabilities capabilities(QIODevice *, const QByteArray &) const override { return {}; }
+    QImageIOHandler *create(QIODevice *, const QByteArray & = QByteArray()) const override
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+};
+
+#include "plugin.moc"