diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicWalkLibsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicWalkLibsHelpers.cmake
index a7c40076921..7d3777d612e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicWalkLibsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicWalkLibsHelpers.cmake
@@ -153,9 +153,16 @@ function(__qt_internal_walk_libs
                     lib "${lib}")
             endwhile()
 
-            # Skip static plugins.
+            # Skip processing static plugins.
+            # There are some abuses of this genex marker, because the more generic one below did
+            # not exist yet.
             set(_is_plugin_marker_genex "\\$<BOOL:QT_IS_PLUGIN_GENEX>")
-            if(lib MATCHES "${_is_plugin_marker_genex}")
+
+            # Skip any genex expressions that contain the marker. Useful in cases like processing
+            # link expressions for prl file generation, where some link expressions should be
+            # skipped either because they don't make sense or they are handled differently.
+            set(_is_skip_marker_genex "\\$<BOOL:QT_SKIP_WALK_LIBS_PROCESSING>")
+            if(lib MATCHES "${_is_plugin_marker_genex}" OR lib MATCHES "${_is_skip_marker_genex}")
                 continue()
             endif()