diff --git a/tests/manual/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/CMakeLists.txt
index c7f65b15634..f3bc687b460 100644
--- a/tests/manual/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
+if(NOT QT_BUILD_STANDALONE_TESTS AND NOT QT_BUILDING_QT)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+    project(settingseditor LANGUAGES CXX)
+    find_package(Qt6BuildInternals REQUIRED COMPONENTS STANDALONE_TEST)
+endif()
+
 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets)
 qt_internal_add_manual_test(settingseditor
     SOURCES