diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 1125097f977..1cb836af1e8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -1583,10 +1583,11 @@ function(_qt_internal_generate_win32_rc_file target)
         # Generate RC File
         set(rc_file_output "${target_binary_dir}/")
         if(QT_GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
-            string(APPEND rc_file_output "$<CONFIG>/")
+            set(rc_file_suffix "-$<CONFIG>")
+        else()
+            set(rc_file_suffix "")
         endif()
-        string(APPEND rc_file_output "${target}_resource.rc")
-        set(target_rc_file "${rc_file_output}")
+        string(APPEND rc_file_output "${target}_resource${rc_file_suffix}.rc")
 
         set(company_name "")
         get_target_property(target_company_name ${target} QT_TARGET_COMPANY_NAME)