diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index 4ce9ad9b434..b4c28ac84d1 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -1308,7 +1308,9 @@ function(add_qt_module target)
         set_property(TARGET "${target}" APPEND PROPERTY PUBLIC_HEADER "${module_headers_public}")
         set_property(TARGET "${target}" APPEND PROPERTY PUBLIC_HEADER "${module_include_dir}/${module}Depends")
         set_property(TARGET "${target}" APPEND PROPERTY PRIVATE_HEADER "${module_headers_private}")
-        set_property(TARGET "${target}" PROPERTY MODULE_HEADER "${module_include_dir}/${module}")
+        if (NOT ${arg_HEADER_MODULE})
+            set_property(TARGET "${target}" PROPERTY MODULE_HEADER "${module_include_dir}/${module}")
+        endif()
 
         if(module_headers_qpa)
             qt_install(FILES ${module_headers_qpa} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${module}/${PROJECT_VERSION}/${module}/qpa)