diff --git a/cmake/FindDB2.cmake b/cmake/FindDB2.cmake
index 31f7bbcae9e..293b9f455df 100644
--- a/cmake/FindDB2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindDB2.cmake
@@ -21,25 +21,31 @@
 # ``DB2::DB2``
 #     The db2 client library
 
+if(NOT DEFINED DB2_ROOT)
+    if(DEFINED ENV{DB2_ROOT})
+        set(DB2_ROOT "$ENV{DB2_ROOT}")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if (NOT DEFINED DB2_INCLUDE_DIR)
   find_path(DB2_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES sqlcli1.h
-    HINTS ENV DB2_HOME
+    HINTS "${DB2_ROOT}" ENV DB2_HOME
     PATH_SUFFIXES include)
 else()
   find_path(DB2_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES sqlcli1.h
-    HINTS ${DB2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    HINTS "${DB2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 if (NOT DEFINED DB2_LIBRARY_DIR)
   find_library(DB2_LIBRARY
-    NAMES db2
-    HINTS ENV DB2LIB)
+    NAMES db2 db2cli64
+    HINTS "${DB2_ROOT}" ENV DB2LIB)
 else()
   find_library(DB2_LIBRARY
     NAMES db2
-    HINTS ${DB2_LIBRARY_DIR})
+    HINTS "${DB2_LIBRARY_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/src/sql/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_sql-driver.qdoc b/src/sql/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_sql-driver.qdoc
index e38416d1748..5ea493f4dec 100644
--- a/src/sql/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_sql-driver.qdoc
+++ b/src/sql/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_sql-driver.qdoc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ cmake --install .
 //! [18]
 mkdir build-sqldrivers
 cd build-sqldrivers
-qt-cmake -G Ninja <qt_source_directory>/qtbase/src/plugins/sqldrivers -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<qt_installation_path>/<platform> -DDB2_INCLUDE_DIR="/usr/local/db2/include" -DDB2_LIBRARY="/usr/local/db2/lib/libdb2.<so|dylib>"
+qt-cmake -G Ninja <qt_source_directory>/qtbase/src/plugins/sqldrivers -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<qt_installation_path>/<platform> -DDB2_ROOT="/usr/local/db2"
 cmake --build .
 cmake --install .
 //! [18]
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ cmake --install .
 //! [20]
 mkdir build-sqldrivers
 cd build-sqldrivers
-qt-cmake -G Ninja <qt_installation_path>\Src\qtbase\src\plugins\sqldrivers -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<qt_installation_path>\<platform> -DDB2_INCLUDE_DIR="C:\db2\include" -DDB2_LIBRARY="C:\db2\lib\db2.lib"
+qt-cmake -G Ninja <qt_installation_path>\Src\qtbase\src\plugins\sqldrivers -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<qt_installation_path>\<platform> -DDB2_ROOT="C:\db2"
 cmake --build .
 cmake --install .
 //! [20]