diff --git a/cmake/QtFlagHandlingHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtFlagHandlingHelpers.cmake
index d8597326cca..806174521d7 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFlagHandlingHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFlagHandlingHelpers.cmake
@@ -33,22 +33,15 @@ function(qt_internal_add_linker_version_script target)
         endif()
         string(APPEND contents "};\n")
         set(current "Qt_${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
-        if (QT_NAMESPACE STREQUAL "")
-            set(tag_symbol "qt_version_tag")
-        else()
-            set(tag_symbol "qt_version_tag_${QT_NAMESPACE}")
-        endif()
         string(APPEND contents "${current} { *; };\n")
 
-        foreach(minor_version RANGE ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
-            set(previous "${current}")
-            set(current "Qt_${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${minor_version}")
-            if (minor_version EQUAL ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
-                string(APPEND contents "${current} { ${tag_symbol}; } ${previous};\n")
-            else()
-                string(APPEND contents "${current} {} ${previous};\n")
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
+        get_target_property(type ${target} TYPE)
+        if(NOT target_type STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
+            set(property_genex "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},_qt_extra_linker_script_content>")
+            set(check_genex "$<BOOL:${property_genex}>")
+            string(APPEND contents
+                "$<${check_genex}:${property_genex}>")
+        endif()
 
         set(infile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.version.in")
         set(outfile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.version")
diff --git a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
index 7aae145e872..69848c94a96 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #     module, these files will raise a warning at configure time if the condition is not met.
 #   COMPILE_FLAGS
 #     Custom compilation flags.
+#   EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPT_CONTENT
+#     Extra content that should be appended to a target linker script. Applicable for ld only.
 #   NO_PCH_SOURCES
 #     Skip the specified source files by PRECOMPILE_HEADERS feature.
 function(qt_internal_extend_target target)
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ function(qt_internal_extend_target target)
     )
     set(single_args
         PRECOMPILED_HEADER
+        EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPT_CONTENT
     )
     set(multi_args
         ${__default_public_args}
@@ -241,6 +244,10 @@ function(qt_internal_extend_target target)
             ${sources_property} "${arg_CONDITION_INDEPENDENT_SOURCES}")
     endif()
 
+    if(arg_EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPT_CONTENT)
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
+            _qt_extra_linker_script_content "${arg_EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPT_CONTENT}")
+    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(qt_is_imported_target target out_var)
diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index aeea45eaa0b..3d3c26ab16f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1392,3 +1392,22 @@ if(APPLE AND QT_FEATURE_framework AND QT_FEATURE_separate_debug_info)
         DESTINATION "${dsym_script_install_dir}"
     )
 endif()
+
+set(linker_script_contents "")
+if (QT_NAMESPACE STREQUAL "")
+    set(tag_symbol "qt_version_tag")
+else()
+    set(tag_symbol "qt_version_tag_${QT_NAMESPACE}")
+endif()
+foreach(minor_version RANGE ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
+    set(previous "${current}")
+    set(current "Qt_${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${minor_version}")
+    if (minor_version EQUAL ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
+        string(APPEND linker_script_contents "${current} { ${tag_symbol}; } ${previous};\n")
+    else()
+        string(APPEND linker_script_contents "${current} {} ${previous};\n")
+    endif()
+endforeach()
+qt_internal_extend_target(Core
+    EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPT_CONTENT "${linker_script_contents}"
+)