diff --git a/cmake/QtPkgConfigHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPkgConfigHelpers.cmake
index d88be5fe786..45bbcbedf0c 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPkgConfigHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPkgConfigHelpers.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ macro(qt_internal_set_pkg_config_cpp_flags var options flag)
     set(tmpopts "${options}")
     list(FILTER tmpopts EXCLUDE REGEX "\\$<BUILD_INTERFACE:[^,>]+>")
     list(FILTER tmpopts EXCLUDE REGEX "\\$<TARGET_PROPERTY:[^,>]+>")
+    list(TRANSFORM tmpopts REPLACE "\\$<\\$<LINK_LANGUAGE:[^,>]+>:([^,>]+)>" "\\1")
     list(TRANSFORM tmpopts REPLACE "\\$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:([^,>]+)>" "\\1")
     list(TRANSFORM tmpopts REPLACE ">" "$<ANGLE-R>")
     list(TRANSFORM tmpopts REPLACE "," "$<COMMA>")