diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index da5b8d0afb1..5a323264e91 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -156,6 +156,37 @@ macro(assert)
 endmacro()
 
 
+function(qt_create_nolink_target target)
+    if(NOT TARGET "${target}")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "${target} does not exist when trying to build a nolink target.")
+    endif()
+    get_target_property(type "${target}" TYPE)
+    if(type STREQUAL EXECUTABLE)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "${target} must be a library of some kind.")
+    endif()
+    if(type STREQUAL OBJECT_LIBRARY)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "${target} must not be an object library.")
+    endif()
+
+    set(nolink_target "${target}_nolink")
+    if(NOT TARGET "${nolink_target}")
+        string(REPLACE ":" "_" base_target "__${nolink_target}")
+        add_library("${base_target}" INTERFACE)
+        target_include_directories("${base_target}" INTERFACE
+                                   $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+        target_include_directories("${base_target}" INTERFACE SYSTEM
+                                   $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+        target_compile_definitions("${base_target}" INTERFACE
+                                   $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>)
+        target_compile_options("${base_target}" INTERFACE
+                               $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS>)
+        target_compile_features("${base_target}" INTERFACE
+                                $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${target},INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES>)
+
+        add_library("${nolink_target}" ALIAS "${base_target}")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 function(qt_ensure_perl)
     if(DEFINED HOST_PERL)
         return()
@@ -357,6 +388,13 @@ function(extend_target target)
             list(APPEND dbus_sources "${sources}")
         endforeach()
 
+        foreach(lib ${arg_PUBLIC_LIBRARIES} ${arg_LIBRARIES})
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "_nolink$" "" base_lib "${lib}")
+            if(NOT base_lib STREQUAL lib)
+                qt_create_nolink_target("${base_lib}")
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+
         target_sources("${target}" PRIVATE ${arg_SOURCES} ${dbus_sources})
         if (arg_COMPILE_FLAGS)
             set_source_files_properties(${arg_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${arg_COMPILE_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/src/network/CMakeLists.txt b/src/network/CMakeLists.txt
index b5a3088018b..180afb7cc52 100644
--- a/src/network/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/network/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Generated from network.pro.
-
 #####################################################################
 ## Network Module:
 #####################################################################
@@ -55,16 +53,17 @@ add_qt_module(Network
         kernel
     LIBRARIES
         Qt::CorePrivate
-        ZLIB::ZLIB  # special case
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES  # special case
+        ZLIB::ZLIB # special case
+    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
         Qt::Core
-    # MODULE_PLUGIN_TYPES = "bearer"
-    # MODULE_WINRT_CAPABILITIES = "internetClient" "internetClientServer" "privateNetworkClientServer"
-    # PRECOMPILED_HEADER = "../corelib/global/qt_pch.h"
-    # QMAKE_LIBS = "$$QMAKE_LIBS_NETWORK"
-    # _LOADED = "qt_module"
 )
 
+#### Keys ignored in scope 1:.:.:network.pro:<TRUE>:
+# MODULE_PLUGIN_TYPES = "bearer"
+# MODULE_WINRT_CAPABILITIES = "internetClient" "internetClientServer" "privateNetworkClientServer"
+# QMAKE_LIBS = "$$QMAKE_LIBS_NETWORK"
+# _LOADED = "qt_module"
+
 ## Scopes:
 #####################################################################
 
@@ -72,13 +71,12 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION MSVC AND (TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL "i386"
     LINK_OPTIONS
         "/BASE:0x64000000"
 )
-#
-#extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_bearermanagement
-#    # ANDROID_BUNDLED_JAR_DEPENDENCIES = "jar/QtAndroidBearer.jar"
-#    # ANDROID_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = "plugins/bearer/libqandroidbearer.so"
-#    # ANDROID_PERMISSIONS = "android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"
-#    # MODULE_PLUGIN_TYPES = "bearer"
-#)
+
+#### Keys ignored in scope 3:.:.:network.pro:QT_FEATURE_bearermanagement:
+# ANDROID_BUNDLED_JAR_DEPENDENCIES = "jar/QtAndroidBearer.jar"
+# ANDROID_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = "plugins/bearer/libqandroidbearer.so"
+# ANDROID_PERMISSIONS = "android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"
+# MODULE_PLUGIN_TYPES = "bearer"
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_ftp
     SOURCES
@@ -101,8 +99,8 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION APPLE_OSX
     SOURCES
         kernel/qnetworkproxy_mac.cpp
     LIBRARIES
-        ${FWSecurity}
         ${FWCoreFoundation}
+        ${FWSecurity}
 )
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION WASM
@@ -168,6 +166,7 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION UNIX AND NOT QT_FEATURE_linux_netlink
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION ANDROID AND QT_FEATURE_dnslookup
     SOURCES
+        # kernel/qdnslookup_unix.cpp # special case: No more need to remove this
         kernel/qdnslookup_android.cpp
 )
 
@@ -182,9 +181,9 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION WIN32 AND NOT WINRT
         kernel/qnetworkproxy_win.cpp
         socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
     LIBRARIES
+        advapi32
         dnsapi
         iphlpapi
-        advapi32
 )
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_dnslookup AND WIN32 AND NOT WINRT
@@ -218,8 +217,8 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_libproxy AND NOT APPLE_OSX AND (UNIX
     SOURCES
         kernel/qnetworkproxy_libproxy.cpp
     LIBRARIES
-        LibProxy::LibProxy
         ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+        LibProxy::LibProxy
 )
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION NOT APPLE_OSX AND NOT QT_FEATURE_libproxy AND (UNIX OR WINRT)
@@ -343,8 +342,8 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_opensslv11 AND
         ssl/qsslcontext_openssl11.cpp
         ssl/qsslsocket_openssl11.cpp
         ssl/qsslsocket_openssl11_symbols_p.h
-    DEFINES  # special case
-        "OPENSSL_API_COMPAT=0x10100000L"
+    DEFINES
+        OPENSSL_API_COMPAT=0x10100000L
 )
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND NOT QT_FEATURE_opensslv11
@@ -363,14 +362,16 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION ANDROID AND QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ss
     SOURCES
         ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_android.cpp
 )
-#
-#extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked AND QT_FEATURE_ssl
-#    # QMAKE_USE_FOR_PRIVATE = "openssl"
-#)
-#
-#extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND NOT QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked
-#    # QMAKE_USE_FOR_PRIVATE = "openssl/nolink"
-#)
+
+extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked AND QT_FEATURE_ssl
+    LIBRARIES
+        OpenSSL::SSL
+)
+
+extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND NOT QT_FEATURE_openssl_linked
+    LIBRARIES
+        OpenSSL::SSL_nolink
+)
 
 extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND WIN32
     SOURCES
@@ -379,10 +380,8 @@ extend_target(Network CONDITION QT_FEATURE_openssl AND QT_FEATURE_ssl AND WIN32
         crypt32
 )
 
-# Special case, from mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf
-extend_target(Network CONDITION WIN32
-    LIBRARIES
-        ws2_32
-)
+extend_target(Network CONDITION WIN32 LIBRARIES ws2_32) # special case: mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf
 
-add_qt_docs(./doc/qtnetwork.qdocconf)
+add_qt_docs(
+    ./doc/qtnetwork.qdocconf
+)
diff --git a/util/cmake/helper.py b/util/cmake/helper.py
index f5573c3facc..9de01df32f0 100644
--- a/util/cmake/helper.py
+++ b/util/cmake/helper.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ libray_mapping = {
     'libudev': 'PkgConfig::Libudev',
     'mtdev': 'PkgConfig::Mtdev',
     'odbc': 'ODBC::ODBC',
+    'openssl': 'OpenSSL::SSL',
     'pcre2': 'PCRE2',
     'psql': 'PostgreSQL::PostgreSQL',
     'sqlite': 'SQLite::SQLite3',
@@ -263,4 +264,8 @@ libray_mapping = {
 
 
 def substitute_libs(lib: str) -> str:
-    return libray_mapping.get(lib, lib)
+    libpostfix = ''
+    if lib.endswith('/nolink'):
+        lib = lib[:-7]
+        libpostfix = '_nolink'
+    return libray_mapping.get(lib, lib) + libpostfix
diff --git a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
index 9399be5f336..7f4af835ffc 100755
--- a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ def write_sources_section(cm_fh: typing.IO[str], scope: Scope, *,
 
     write_library_section(cm_fh, scope,
                           ['QMAKE_USE', 'LIBS'],
-                          ['QT_FOR_PRIVATE', 'QMAKE_USE_PRIVATE', 'LIBS_PRIVATE'],
+                          ['QT_FOR_PRIVATE', 'QMAKE_USE_PRIVATE', 'QMAKE_USE_FOR_PRIVATE', 'LIBS_PRIVATE'],
                           ['QT',],
                           indent=indent, known_libraries=known_libraries)