diff --git a/mkspecs/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in b/mkspecs/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
index 8fb3ffb5812..28b687ee950 100644
--- a/mkspecs/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/mkspecs/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ if (NOT Qt5_EXCLUDE_STATIC_DEPENDENCIES)
 
     macro(macro_process_prl_file prl_file_location Configuration)
         if (EXISTS \"${prl_file_location}\")
-            file(STRINGS \"${prl_file_location}\" prl_strings REGEX \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS\")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS *= *([^\\n]*)\" \"\\\\1\" static_depends ${prl_strings} )
-            string(STRIP ${static_depends} static_depends)
+            file(STRINGS \"${prl_file_location}\" prl_strings REGEX \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS_FOR_CMAKE\")
+            string(REGEX REPLACE \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS_FOR_CMAKE *= *([^\\n]*)\" \"\\\\1\" static_depends ${prl_strings} )
             if (_Qt5$${CMAKE_MODULE_NAME}_LIB_DEPENDENCIES)
                 set(_list_sep \";\")
             endif()
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index 49f626b2d92..260c7313f45 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -1010,6 +1010,13 @@ MakefileGenerator::writePrlFile(QTextStream &t)
         for (ProStringList::Iterator it = libs.begin(); it != libs.end(); ++it)
             t << project->values((*it).toKey()).join(' ').replace('\\', "\\\\") << " ";
         t << endl;
+        t << "QMAKE_PRL_LIBS_FOR_CMAKE = ";
+        QString sep;
+        for (ProStringList::Iterator it = libs.begin(); it != libs.end(); ++it) {
+            t << sep << project->values((*it).toKey()).join(';').replace('\\', "\\\\");
+            sep = ';';
+        }
+        t << endl;
     }
 }