diff --git a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
index 736fea724ee..f4380291f70 100644
--- a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
@@ -390,9 +390,15 @@ function(qt_internal_add_configure_time_executable target)
     if(arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY)
         set(install_dir "${arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}")
     endif()
+
+    set(output_directory_relative "${install_dir}")
     set(output_directory "${QT_BUILD_DIR}/${install_dir}")
+
+    set(target_binary_path_relative
+        "${output_directory_relative}/${configuration_path}${target_binary}")
     set(target_binary_path
         "${output_directory}/${configuration_path}${target_binary}")
+
     get_filename_component(target_binary_path "${target_binary_path}" ABSOLUTE)
 
     if(NOT DEFINED arg_SOURCES)
@@ -521,7 +527,9 @@ function(qt_internal_add_configure_time_executable target)
     add_executable(${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::${target} ALIAS ${target})
     set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
         _qt_internal_configure_time_target TRUE
-        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${target_binary_path}")
+        _qt_internal_configure_time_target_build_location "${target_binary_path_relative}"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${target_binary_path}"
+    )
 
     if(NOT arg_NO_INSTALL)
         set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
diff --git a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
index 71ffde93c0f..631df93dc22 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -823,11 +823,19 @@ endif()
             # For Multi-config developer builds we should simply reuse IMPORTED_LOCATION of the
             # target.
             if(NOT QT_WILL_INSTALL AND QT_FEATURE_debug_and_release)
+                set(configure_time_target_build_location "")
                 get_target_property(configure_time_target_install_location ${target}
                     IMPORTED_LOCATION)
             else()
+                get_target_property(configure_time_target_build_location ${target}
+                    _qt_internal_configure_time_target_build_location)
+
+                set(configure_time_target_build_location
+                    "$\{PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/${configure_time_target_build_location}")
+
                 get_target_property(configure_time_target_install_location ${target}
                     _qt_internal_configure_time_target_install_location)
+
                 set(configure_time_target_install_location
                     "$\{PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/${configure_time_target_install_location}")
             endif()
@@ -835,7 +843,13 @@ endif()
                 string(APPEND content "
 # Import configure-time executable ${full_target}
 if(NOT TARGET ${full_target})
-    set(_qt_imported_location \"${configure_time_target_install_location}\")
+    set(_qt_imported_build_location \"${configure_time_target_build_location}\")
+    set(_qt_imported_install_location \"${configure_time_target_install_location}\")
+    set(_qt_imported_location \"\${_qt_imported_install_location}\")
+    if(NOT EXISTS \"$\{_qt_imported_location}\"
+          AND NOT \"$\{_qt_imported_build_location}\" STREQUAL \"\")
+        set(_qt_imported_location \"\${_qt_imported_build_location}\")
+    endif()
     if(NOT EXISTS \"$\{_qt_imported_location}\")
         message(FATAL_ERROR \"Unable to add configure time executable ${full_target}\"
             \" $\{_qt_imported_location} doesn't exists\")
@@ -846,6 +860,8 @@ if(NOT TARGET ${full_target})
         \"$\{_qt_imported_location}\")
     set_property(TARGET ${full_target} PROPERTY IMPORTED_GLOBAL TRUE)
     unset(_qt_imported_location)
+    unset(_qt_imported_build_location)
+    unset(_qt_imported_install_location)
 endif()
 \n")
             endif()