diff --git a/qmake/CMakeLists.txt b/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b74b85c495..9be6b92d683 100644
--- a/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(QtLibraryInfo PUBLIC
     QT_BUILD_QMAKE
     QT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER
     QT_NO_FOREACH
+    QT_VERSION_STR="${PROJECT_VERSION}"
     QT_HOST_MKSPEC="${QT_QMAKE_HOST_MKSPEC}"
     QT_TARGET_MKSPEC="${QT_QMAKE_TARGET_MKSPEC}"
     QT_HOST_DATADIR="${hostdatadir}"
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index 257601eaf76..cc985a878b4 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeHeader(QTextStream &t)
 {
     t << "#############################################################################\n";
     t << "# Makefile for building: " << escapeFilePath(var("TARGET")) << Qt::endl;
-    t << "# Generated by qmake (" QMAKE_VERSION_STR ") (Qt " << qVersion() << ")\n";
+    t << "# Generated by qmake (" QMAKE_VERSION_STR ") (Qt " QT_VERSION_STR ")\n";
     t << "# Project:  " << fileFixify(project->projectFile()) << Qt::endl;
     t << "# Template: " << var("TEMPLATE") << Qt::endl;
     if(!project->isActiveConfig("build_pass"))
diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
index 20ba642e9db..19e0b73ab42 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeLibtoolFile()
     QTextStream t(&ft);
     t << "# " << lname << " - a libtool library file\n";
     t << "# Generated by qmake/libtool (" QMAKE_VERSION_STR ") (Qt "
-      << qVersion() << ")";
+      << QT_VERSION_STR << ")";
     t << "\n";
 
     t << "# The name that we can dlopen(3).\n"
diff --git a/qmake/option.cpp b/qmake/option.cpp
index 885022b6736..584161818fe 100644
--- a/qmake/option.cpp
+++ b/qmake/option.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Option::parseCommandLine(QStringList &args, QMakeCmdLineParserState &state)
                     fprintf(stdout,
                             "QMake version %s\n"
                             "Using Qt version %s in %s\n",
-                            QMAKE_VERSION_STR, qVersion(),
+                            QMAKE_VERSION_STR, QT_VERSION_STR,
                             QMakeLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::LibrariesPath)
                                     .toLatin1()
                                     .constData());
diff --git a/qmake/property.cpp b/qmake/property.cpp
index af4ed0e9eed..32b6729c138 100644
--- a/qmake/property.cpp
+++ b/qmake/property.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ void QMakeProperty::reload()
 #ifdef QMAKE_VERSION_STR
     m_values["QMAKE_VERSION"] = ProString(QMAKE_VERSION_STR);
 #endif
-    m_values["QT_VERSION"] = ProString(qVersion());
+#ifdef QT_VERSION_STR
+    m_values["QT_VERSION"] = ProString(QT_VERSION_STR);
+#endif
 }
 
 QMakeProperty::~QMakeProperty()
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ int QMakeProperty::queryProperty(const QStringList &optionProperties,
 #ifdef QMAKE_VERSION_STR
         specialProps.append("QMAKE_VERSION");
 #endif
+#ifdef QT_VERSION_STR
         specialProps.append("QT_VERSION");
+#endif
         for (const QString &prop : std::as_const(specialProps)) {
             ProString val = value(ProKey(prop));
             ProString pval = value(ProKey(prop + "/raw"));
diff --git a/src/tools/qtpaths/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qtpaths/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a100e7f5f8..90613b17d0a 100644
--- a/src/tools/qtpaths/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qtpaths/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
     DEFINES
         QT_NO_FOREACH
         QTPATHS_VERSION_STR="2.0"
+        QT_VERSION_STR="${PROJECT_VERSION}"
 )
 qt_internal_return_unless_building_tools()
 
diff --git a/src/tools/qtpaths/qtpaths.cpp b/src/tools/qtpaths/qtpaths.cpp
index fa29381d789..db101efca59 100644
--- a/src/tools/qtpaths/qtpaths.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qtpaths/qtpaths.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     QStringList results;
     if (parser.isSet(qtversion)) {
-        QString qtversionstring = QString::fromLatin1(qVersion());
+        QString qtversionstring = QString::fromLatin1(QT_VERSION_STR);
         results << qtversionstring;
     }