diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index cbfe1420696..3d9288122b9 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if(TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB)
     set_property(TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTY IMPORTED_GLOBAL TRUE)
 endif()
 
+# Look for Threads in the same scope as OpenSSL package, because OpenSSL sometimes depends on
+# Threads (for static OpenSSL builds) and we want to promote the target to global in the same
+# directory scope.
+qt_find_package(Threads PROVIDED_TARGETS Threads::Threads)
 qt_find_package(WrapOpenSSLHeaders PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapOpenSSLHeaders::WrapOpenSSLHeaders MODULE_NAME core)
 # openssl_headers
 # OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR is not defined for OpenSSL 1.1.1
diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index 96eb47dc35e..1296ff04086 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-qt_find_package(Threads PROVIDED_TARGETS Threads::Threads)
 qt_find_package(WrapPCRE2 PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapPCRE2::WrapPCRE2)
 qt_find_package(WrapZLIB PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapZLIB::WrapZLIB)