diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicCMakeHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicCMakeHelpers.cmake
index 86b8edacd49..35cd4fe1f36 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicCMakeHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicCMakeHelpers.cmake
@@ -18,3 +18,17 @@ function(_qt_internal_copy_file_if_different_command out_var src_file dst_file)
         )
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+# The function checks if add_custom_command has the support of the DEPFILE argument.
+function(_qt_internal_check_depfile_support out_var)
+    if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Ninja" OR
+        CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.20 AND CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Makefiles"
+        OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.21
+        AND (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Xcode"
+            OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio ([0-9]+)" AND CMAKE_MATCH_1 GREATER_EQUAL 12))
+        set(${out_var} TRUE)
+    else()
+        set(${out_var} FALSE)
+    endif()
+    set(${out_var} "${${out_var}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 0a3fc0ff79b..f56532625c6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -388,13 +388,7 @@ function(qt6_android_add_apk_target target)
         list(APPEND extra_args "--verbose")
     endif()
 
-    # The DEPFILE argument to add_custom_command is only available with Ninja or CMake>=3.20 and
-    # make.
-    set(has_depfile_support FALSE)
-    if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Ninja" OR
-        (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.20 AND CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Makefiles"))
-        set(has_depfile_support TRUE)
-    endif()
+    _qt_internal_check_depfile_support(has_depfile_support)
 
     if(has_depfile_support)
         cmake_policy(PUSH)