diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index 3cb614d8a96..a15a7353dff 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ elseif(ANDROID)
     elseif(CLANG)
         set(QT_DEFAULT_MKSPEC android-clang)
     endif()
+elseif(IOS)
+    set(QT_DEFAULT_MKSPEC macx-ios-clang)
 elseif(APPLE)
     set(QT_DEFAULT_MKSPEC macx-clang)
 elseif(EMSCRIPTEN)