diff --git a/cmake/QtPluginConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/QtPluginConfig.cmake.in
index de067725802..7d8f14f6554 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPluginConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtPluginConfig.cmake.in
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ if (NOT QT_NO_CREATE_TARGETS)
     # Find required dependencies, if any.
     if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@Dependencies.cmake")
         include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@Dependencies.cmake")
+    else()
+        set(@target@_FOUND TRUE)
     endif()
 
-    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@Targets.cmake")
-    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@AdditionalTargetInfo.cmake")
+    if(@target@_FOUND)
+        include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@Targets.cmake")
+        include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target@AdditionalTargetInfo.cmake")
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/QtPluginDependencies.cmake.in b/cmake/QtPluginDependencies.cmake.in
index bcbb9bb5db3..800576f521a 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPluginDependencies.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtPluginDependencies.cmake.in
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ set(__qt_@target@_find_dependency_paths "@find_dependency_paths@")
 _qt_internal_find_qt_dependencies("@target@" __qt_@target@_target_deps
                                   __qt_@target@_find_dependency_paths)
 
-set(@target@_FOUND TRUE)
+if(__qt_${target}_missing_deps)
+    set(@target@_FOUND FALSE)
+else()
+    set(@target@_FOUND TRUE)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
index e797e5cc736..feeec07fff8 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ macro(_qt_internal_find_third_party_dependencies target target_dep_list)
             find_package(${__qt_${target}_find_package_args})
         else()
             find_dependency(${__qt_${target}_find_package_args})
+            if(NOT ${__qt_${target}_pkg}_FOUND)
+                list(APPEND __qt_${target}_missing_deps "${__qt_${target}_pkg}")
+            endif()
         endif()
 
         _qt_internal_get_package_components_id(
@@ -129,7 +132,6 @@ macro(_qt_internal_find_qt_dependencies target target_dep_list find_dependency_p
         list(GET __qt_${target}_target_dep 1 __qt_${target}_version)
 
         if (NOT ${__qt_${target}_pkg}_FOUND)
-
             # TODO: Remove Private handling once sufficient time has passed, aka all developers
             # updated their builds not to contain stale FooDependencies.cmake files without the
             # _qt_package_name property.
@@ -149,6 +151,9 @@ macro(_qt_internal_find_qt_dependencies target target_dep_list find_dependency_p
                     ${_qt_additional_packages_prefix_paths}
                 ${__qt_use_no_default_path_for_qt_packages}
             )
+            if(NOT ${__qt_${target}_pkg}_FOUND)
+                list(APPEND __qt_${target}_missing_deps "${__qt_${target}_pkg}")
+            endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()
 endmacro()