diff --git a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
index f2831e5e8a8..4c91df8425e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ function(qt_internal_add_executable name)
             string(FIND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${absolute_dir}" dir_starting_pos)
             if(dir_starting_pos EQUAL 0)
                 set(exclude_from_all TRUE)
-                set_target_properties("${name}" PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
+                set_target_properties("${name}" PROPERTIES
+                    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE
+                    _qt_internal_excluded_from_default_target TRUE
+                )
                 break()
             endif()
         endforeach()
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
index de33e52df3f..d5e85f7112d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
@@ -1069,6 +1069,13 @@ function(_qt_internal_sbom_handle_target_binary_files target)
         return()
     endif()
 
+    get_target_property(excluded ${target} _qt_internal_excluded_from_default_target)
+    if(excluded)
+        message(DEBUG "Target ${target} has no binary files to reference in the SBOM "
+            "because it was excluded from the default 'all' target.")
+        return()
+    endif()
+
     if(NOT arg_SPDX_ID)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "SPDX_ID must be set")
     endif()