diff --git a/examples/widgets/tools/echoplugin/echowindow/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/widgets/tools/echoplugin/echowindow/CMakeLists.txt
index 728e6d48564..a362604018f 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tools/echoplugin/echowindow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/widgets/tools/echoplugin/echowindow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ target_link_libraries(echopluginwindow PRIVATE
     Qt6::Widgets
 )
 
-if(NOT QT6_IS_SHARED_LIBS_BUILD)
+if(QT6_IS_SHARED_LIBS_BUILD)
+    # Build the shared plugin too when building this example target.
+    add_dependencies(echopluginwindow echoplugin)
+else()
+    # Link the echoplugin if Qt is built statically.
     target_link_libraries(echopluginwindow PRIVATE
         echoplugin
     )