diff --git a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
index ade65ed5ded..d4a9ede75ff 100644
--- a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
+++ b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
@@ -170,3 +170,5 @@ The following table describes the mapping of configure options to CMake argument
 | -sql-<driver>                         | -DFEATURE_sql_<driver>=ON                         |                                                                 |
 | -sqlite [qt/system]                   | -DFEATURE_system_sqlite=OFF/ON                    |                                                                 |
 | -disable-deprecated-up-to <hex_version> | -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_UP_TO=<hex_version>     |                                                                 |
+| -mimetype-database-compression <type> | -DINPUT_mimetype_database_compression=<type>      | Sets the compression type for mime type database. Supported     |
+|                                       |                                                   | types: gzip, zstd, none.                                        |
diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index 61e960dcf23..7bb3782313e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1250,7 +1250,21 @@ if(QT_FEATURE_mimetype AND QT_FEATURE_mimetype_database)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    if(QT_FEATURE_zstd)
+    if(DEFINED INPUT_mimetype_database_compression)
+        set(supported_compression_types zstd gzip none)
+        if(INPUT_mimetype_database_compression IN_LIST supported_compression_types)
+            set(compression_type ${INPUT_mimetype_database_compression})
+        else()
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown mime type database compression is set:"
+            " ${INPUT_mimetype_database_compression}\nSupported compression types:\n"
+            "    ${supported_compression_types}")
+        endif()
+        if(compression_type STREQUAL "zstd" AND NOT QT_FEATURE_zstd)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR
+                "zstd compression is selected for mime type database, but the 'zstd'"
+                " feature is disabled.")
+        endif()
+    elseif(QT_FEATURE_zstd)
         set(compression_type "zstd")
     else()
         set(compression_type "gzip")
diff --git a/src/corelib/qt_cmdline.cmake b/src/corelib/qt_cmdline.cmake
index dcf9ce946e6..c82d77a60d4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/qt_cmdline.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/qt_cmdline.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ qt_commandline_option(inotify TYPE boolean)
 qt_commandline_option(journald TYPE boolean)
 qt_commandline_option(libb2 TYPE enum VALUES no qt system)
 qt_commandline_option(mimetype-database TYPE boolean)
+qt_commandline_option(mimetype-database-compression TYPE optionalString VALUES zstd gzip none)
 qt_commandline_option(pcre TYPE enum VALUES no qt system)
 qt_commandline_option(posix-ipc TYPE boolean NAME ipc_posix)
 qt_commandline_option(pps TYPE boolean NAME qqnx_pps)