diff --git a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
index 15410102951..768e1f15623 100644
--- a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function(qt_internal_add_executable name)
     endif()
 
     _qt_internal_create_executable(${name})
+    qt_internal_mark_as_internal_target(${name})
     if(ANDROID)
         _qt_internal_android_executable_finalizer(${name})
     endif()
diff --git a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
index d7a276cc174..faa724e68f5 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ function(qt_internal_apply_bitcode_flags target)
     target_compile_options("${target}" INTERFACE ${bitcode_flags})
 endfunction()
 
+# Function guards linker options that are applicable for internal Qt targets only from propagating
+# them to user projects.
+function(qt_internal_platform_link_options target scope)
+    set(options ${ARGN})
+    set(is_internal_target_genex "$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:_qt_is_internal_target>>")
+    target_link_options(${target} ${scope} "$<${is_internal_target_genex}:${options}>")
+endfunction()
+
 # Apple deprecated the entire OpenGL API in favor of Metal, which
 # we are aware of, so silence the deprecation warnings in code.
 # This does not apply to user-code, which will need to silence
@@ -287,7 +295,7 @@ if (MSVC)
         $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:Debug>>:-guard:cf -Gw>
     )
 
-    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
+    qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
         -DYNAMICBASE -NXCOMPAT -LARGEADDRESSAWARE
         $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:Debug>>:-OPT:REF -OPT:ICF -GUARD:CF>
     )
@@ -303,7 +311,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(QT_FEATURE_intelcet)
     if(MSVC)
-        target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
+        qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
             -CETCOMPAT
         )
     else()
@@ -332,22 +340,23 @@ endif()
 if(DEFINED QT_EXTRA_FRAMEWORKPATHS AND APPLE)
     list(TRANSFORM QT_EXTRA_FRAMEWORKPATHS PREPEND "-F" OUTPUT_VARIABLE __qt_fw_flags)
     target_compile_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE ${__qt_fw_flags})
-    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE ${__qt_fw_flags})
+    qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE ${__qt_fw_flags})
     unset(__qt_fw_flags)
 endif()
 
 qt_internal_get_active_linker_flags(__qt_internal_active_linker_flags)
 if(__qt_internal_active_linker_flags)
-    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "${__qt_internal_active_linker_flags}")
+    qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
+        "${__qt_internal_active_linker_flags}")
 endif()
 unset(__qt_internal_active_linker_flags)
 
 if(QT_FEATURE_enable_gdb_index)
-    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-Wl,--gdb-index")
+    qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-Wl,--gdb-index")
 endif()
 
 if(QT_FEATURE_enable_new_dtags)
-    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
+    qt_internal_platform_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
 endif()
 
 function(qt_get_implicit_sse2_genex_condition out_var)
diff --git a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
index 2c2b324182a..63a4f4686f9 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -1021,6 +1021,15 @@ endfunction()
 # Needed to allow selectively applying certain flags via PlatformXInternal targets.
 function(qt_internal_mark_as_internal_library target)
     set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES _qt_is_internal_library TRUE)
+    qt_internal_mark_as_internal_target(${target})
+endfunction()
+
+# Marks a target with a property that it was built using the internal Qt API (qt_internal_*) as
+# opposed to it being a user project library or executable(qt_add_*, etc).
+#
+# Needed to allow selectively applying certain flags via PlatformXInternal targets.
+function(qt_internal_mark_as_internal_target target)
+    set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES _qt_is_internal_target TRUE)
 endfunction()
 
 # Marks a target with a property to skip it adding it as a dependency when building examples as