diff --git a/bin/qt-cmake-private-install.cmake.in b/bin/qt-cmake-private-install.cmake.in
index 19dddd4fcb3..71a94e190d4 100644
--- a/bin/qt-cmake-private-install.cmake.in
+++ b/bin/qt-cmake-private-install.cmake.in
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/20713
 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21475
 set(configs "@__qt_configured_configs@")
+set(should_skip_strip "@__qt_skip_strip_installed_artifacts@")
+
 if(NOT QT_BUILD_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "No QT_BUILD_DIR value provided to qt-cmake-private-install.")
 endif()
-unset(strip_arg)
-if ("x@MSVC@" STREQUAL "x")
-  set(strip_arg --strip)
+
+if(should_skip_strip)
+    unset(strip_arg)
+else()
+    set(strip_arg --strip)
 endif()
+
 foreach(config ${configs})
     message(STATUS "Installing configuration: '${config}'")
     set(args "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --install ${QT_BUILD_DIR} --config "${config}" ${strip_arg})
diff --git a/cmake/QtWrapperScriptHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWrapperScriptHelpers.cmake
index e42c3e282fa..b95bf509f76 100644
--- a/cmake/QtWrapperScriptHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtWrapperScriptHelpers.cmake
@@ -203,6 +203,22 @@ function(qt_internal_create_wrapper_scripts)
     elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
         set(__qt_configured_configs "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
     endif()
+
+    if(
+        # Skip stripping pure debug builds so it's easier to debug issues in CI VMs.
+        (NOT QT_FEATURE_debug_and_release
+            AND QT_FEATURE_debug
+            AND NOT QT_FEATURE_separate_debug_info)
+
+        # Skip stripping on MSVC because ${CMAKE_STRIP} might contain a MinGW strip binary
+        # and the breaks the linker version flag embedded in the binary and causes Qt Creator
+        # to mis-identify the Kit ABI.
+        OR MSVC
+        )
+        set(__qt_skip_strip_installed_artifacts TRUE)
+    else()
+        set(__qt_skip_strip_installed_artifacts FALSE)
+    endif()
     configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/${__qt_cmake_install_script_name}.in"
                    "${QT_BUILD_DIR}/${INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/${__qt_cmake_install_script_name}" @ONLY)
     qt_install(FILES "${QT_BUILD_DIR}/${INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/${__qt_cmake_install_script_name}"