diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index 5f32e6b1953..91613f73f1d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -1783,9 +1783,9 @@ function(add_qt_plugin target)
         "${output_directory_default}" output_directory)
     qt_internal_check_directory_or_type(INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}" "${arg_TYPE}"
         "${install_directory_default}" install_directory)
-    qt_internal_check_directory_or_type(ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY
-        "${arg_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}" "${arg_TYPE}"
-        "${archive_install_directory_default}" archive_install_directory)
+    if (NOT arg_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY AND arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY)
+        set(arg_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}")
+    endif()
 
     if(arg_STATIC OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         add_library("${target}" STATIC)
diff --git a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
index 6e9f53aa3f3..211678a8863 100755
--- a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
@@ -3106,6 +3106,11 @@ def write_plugin(cm_fh, scope, *, indent: int = 0) -> str:
     elif is_qml_plugin:
         plugin_function_name = "add_qml_module"
         qmldir = write_qml_plugin(cm_fh, plugin_name, scope, indent=indent, extra_lines=extra)
+    else:
+        target_path = scope.expandString('target.path')
+        target_path = replace_path_constants(target_path, scope)
+        if target_path:
+            extra.append(f'INSTALL_DIRECTORY "{target_path}"')
 
     plugin_class_name = scope.get_string("PLUGIN_CLASS_NAME")
     if plugin_class_name: