diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
index 79d47d87378..8da84aa2f45 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ function(qt_internal_get_qt_build_private_helpers out_var)
         QtToolchainHelpers
         QtUnityBuildHelpers
         QtWasmHelpers
+        QtWindowsHelpers
         QtWrapperScriptHelpers
         PARENT_SCOPE
     )
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ macro(qt_internal_setup_build_and_global_variables)
 
     qt_internal_check_macos_host_version()
     _qt_internal_check_apple_sdk_and_xcode_versions()
+    qt_internal_check_msvc_versions()
     qt_internal_check_host_path_set_for_cross_compiling()
     qt_internal_setup_android_platform_specifics()
     qt_internal_setup_find_host_info_package()
diff --git a/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..364536883b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+function(qt_internal_check_msvc_versions)
+    if(NOT MSVC OR QT_NO_MSVC_MIN_VERSION_CHECK)
+        return()
+    endif()
+    set(min_msvc_version "1930")
+    if(MSVC_VERSION VERSION_LESS min_msvc_version)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
+            "Qt requires at least Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC ${min_msvc_version} or newer), "
+            "you're building against version ${MSVC_VERSION}. "
+            "You can turn off this version check by setting QT_NO_MSVC_MIN_VERSION_CHECK to ON."
+        )
+    endif()
+endfunction()