diff --git a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
index c4e424a9df4..c5ced2738c2 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -568,17 +568,32 @@ endif()
 
         get_target_property(is_configure_time_target ${target} _qt_internal_configure_time_target)
         if(is_configure_time_target)
-            get_target_property(configure_time_target_install_location ${target}
-                _qt_internal_configure_time_target_install_location)
+            # For Multi-config developer builds we should simply reuse IMPORTED_LOCATION of the
+            # target.
+            if(NOT QT_WILL_INSTALL AND QT_FEATURE_debug_and_release)
+                get_target_property(configure_time_target_install_location ${target}
+                    IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+            else()
+                get_target_property(configure_time_target_install_location ${target}
+                    _qt_internal_configure_time_target_install_location)
+                set(configure_time_target_install_location
+                    "$\{PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/${configure_time_target_install_location}")
+            endif()
             if(configure_time_target_install_location)
                 string(APPEND content "
 # Import configure-time executable ${full_target}
 if(NOT TARGET ${full_target})
+    set(_qt_imported_location \"${configure_time_target_install_location}\")
+    if(NOT EXISTS \"$\{_qt_imported_location}\")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR \"Unable to add configure time executable ${full_target}\"
+            \" $\{_qt_imported_location} doesn't exists\")
+    endif()
     add_executable(${full_target} IMPORTED)
     set_property(TARGET ${full_target} APPEND PROPERTY IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS ${default_cfg})
     set_target_properties(${full_target} PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_${uc_default_cfg}
-        \"$\{PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/${configure_time_target_install_location}\")
+        \"$\{_qt_imported_location}\")
     set_property(TARGET ${full_target} PROPERTY IMPORTED_GLOBAL TRUE)
+    unset(_qt_imported_location)
 endif()
 \n")
             endif()