diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicCMakeVersionHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicCMakeVersionHelpers.cmake
index de896d9d2fe..eaf9ecd7ef5 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicCMakeVersionHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicCMakeVersionHelpers.cmake
@@ -70,3 +70,22 @@ function(__qt_internal_require_suitable_cmake_version_for_using_qt)
             "Use at your own risk.")
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+function(__qt_internal_set_cmp0156)
+    if(POLICY CMP0156)
+        if(QT_FORCE_CMP0156_TO_NEW)
+            cmake_policy(SET CMP0156 "NEW")
+        else()
+            cmake_policy(GET CMP0156 policy_value)
+            if(NOT "${policy_value}" STREQUAL "OLD")
+                if("${policy_value}" STREQUAL "NEW" AND NOT QT_BUILDING_QT)
+                    message(WARNING "CMP0156 is set to '${policy_value}'. Qt forces the 'OLD'"
+                        " behavior of this policy by default. Set QT_FORCE_CMP0156_TO_NEW=ON to"
+                        " force the 'NEW' behavior for the Qt commands that create either"
+                        " library or executable targets.")
+                endif()
+                cmake_policy(SET CMP0156 "OLD")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 057cb506f94..ff499016096 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -659,7 +659,10 @@ endfunction()
 function(_qt_internal_create_executable target)
     if(ANDROID)
         list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "WIN32" "MACOSX_BUNDLE")
+        cmake_policy(PUSH)
+        __qt_internal_set_cmp0156()
         add_library("${target}" MODULE ${ARGN})
+        cmake_policy(POP)
         # On our qmake builds we do don't compile the executables with
         # visibility=hidden. Not having this flag set will cause the
         # executable to have main() hidden and can then no longer be loaded
@@ -673,7 +676,10 @@ function(_qt_internal_create_executable target)
         qt6_android_apply_arch_suffix("${target}")
         set_property(TARGET "${target}" PROPERTY _qt_is_android_executable TRUE)
     else()
+        cmake_policy(PUSH)
+        __qt_internal_set_cmp0156()
         add_executable("${target}" ${ARGN})
+        cmake_policy(POP)
     endif()
 
     _qt_internal_disable_autorcc_zstd_when_not_supported("${target}")
@@ -2725,7 +2731,11 @@ function(_qt_internal_add_library target)
         endif()
     endif()
 
+    cmake_policy(PUSH)
+    __qt_internal_set_cmp0156()
     add_library(${target} ${type_to_create} ${arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
+    cmake_policy(POP)
+
     _qt_internal_disable_autorcc_zstd_when_not_supported("${target}")
     _qt_internal_set_up_static_runtime_library(${target})