diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInformation.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildInformation.cmake
index 3fc54179096..7ad83db036a 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInformation.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInformation.cmake
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ function(qt_configure_add_report_entry)
     qt_configure_record_command(ADD_REPORT_ENTRY ${ARGV})
 endfunction()
 
+function(qt_configure_add_report_error error)
+    message(SEND_ERROR "${error}")
+    qt_configure_add_report_entry(TYPE ERROR MESSAGE "${error}" CONDITION TRUE)
+endfunction()
+
 function(qt_configure_process_add_report_entry)
     qt_parse_all_arguments(arg "qt_configure_add_report_entry"
         ""
diff --git a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
index 72b4001d57b..58b46c46601 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ macro(qt_feature_set_value feature cache condition label conditionExpression)
     if (NOT (condition) AND (cache))
         _qt_internal_dump_expression_values(conditionDump "${conditionExpression}")
         string(JOIN " " conditionString ${conditionExpression})
-        message(SEND_ERROR "Feature \"${feature}\": Forcing to \"${cache}\" breaks its condition:\
-\n    ${conditionString}\nCondition values dump:\n    ${conditionDump}\n")
+        qt_configure_add_report_error("Feature \"${feature}\": Forcing to \"${cache}\" breaks its \
+condition:\n    ${conditionString}\nCondition values dump:\n    ${conditionDump}\n")
     endif()
 
     if (DEFINED "QT_FEATURE_${feature}")