diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
index a9d2dfe9558..c6336d0882c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function(qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies)
         endif()
     elseif(arg_GENERATE_QT_CONF)
         get_filename_component(exe_dir "${arg_EXECUTABLE}" DIRECTORY)
-        if(exe_dir STREQUAL "")
+        if(exe_dir STREQUAL "" OR exe_dir STREQUAL ".")
             set(exe_dir ".")
             set(prefix  ".")
         else()