diff --git a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
index d26f9c06b49..00337b3b707 100644
--- a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
@@ -111,6 +111,20 @@ while(NOT "${configure_args}" STREQUAL "")
         foreach(qtrepo IN LISTS qtrepos)
             push("-DBUILD_${qtrepo}=OFF")
         endforeach()
+    elseif(arg STREQUAL "-skip-tests")
+        list(POP_FRONT configure_args qtrepos)
+        is_non_empty_valid_arg("${arg}" "${qtrepos}")
+        list(TRANSFORM qtrepos REPLACE "," ";")
+        foreach(qtrepo IN LISTS qtrepos)
+            push("-DQT_BUILD_TESTS_PROJECT_${qtrepo}=OFF")
+        endforeach()
+    elseif(arg STREQUAL "-skip-examples")
+        list(POP_FRONT configure_args qtrepos)
+        is_non_empty_valid_arg("${arg}" "${qtrepos}")
+        list(TRANSFORM qtrepos REPLACE "," ";")
+        foreach(qtrepo IN LISTS qtrepos)
+            push("-DQT_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PROJECT_${qtrepo}=OFF")
+        endforeach()
     elseif(arg STREQUAL "-submodules")
         warn_in_per_repo_build("${arg}")
         list(POP_FRONT configure_args submodules)
diff --git a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
index c32e3179ed9..8bec2401116 100644
--- a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
+++ b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ The following table describes the mapping of configure options to CMake argument
 | -android-javac-source                 | -DQT_ANDROID_JAVAC_SOURCE=7                       | Set the javac build source version.                             |
 | -android-javac-target                 | -DQT_ANDROID_JAVAC_TARGET=7                       | Set the javac build target version.                             |
 | -skip <repo>,...,<repo_n>             | -DBUILD_<repo>=OFF                                |                                                                 |
+| -skip-tests <repo>,...,<repo_n>       | -DQT_BUILD_TESTS_PROJECT_<repo>=OFF               |                                                                 |
+| -skip-examples <repo>,...,<repo_n>    | -DQT_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PROJECT_<repo>=OFF            |                                                                 |
 | -submodules <repo>,...,<repo_n>       | -DQT_BUILD_SUBMODULES=<repo>;...;<repo>            |                                                                 |
 | -make <part>                          | -DQT_BUILD_TESTS=ON                               | A way to turn on tools explicitly is missing. If tests/examples |
 |                                       | -DQT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON                            | are enabled, you can disable their building as part of the      |
diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt
index 180496467c5..f77639f7de5 100644
--- a/config_help.txt
+++ b/config_help.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ Component selection:
   -skip <repo>[,<repo>]  Exclude one or more entire repositories from the
                          build. The list should be separated with commas.
                          e.g. -skip qtimageformats,qtsvg
+  -skip-tests <repo>[,<repo>] ... Skip building tests for one or more
+                         repositories. The list should be separated with commas.
+                         e.g. -skip-tests qtimageformats,qtsvg
+  -skip-examples <repo>[,<repo>] ... Skip building examples for one or more
+                         repositories. The list should be separated with commas.
+                         e.g. -skip-examples qtimageformats,qtsvg
   -make <part> ......... Add <part> to the list of parts to be built.
                          Specifying this option clears the default list first.
                          (allowed values: libs, tools, examples, tests,