diff --git a/cmake/QtDocsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtDocsHelpers.cmake
index 48ed5a324bf..a97fea169fb 100644
--- a/cmake/QtDocsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtDocsHelpers.cmake
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function(qt_internal_add_docs)
         )
     endif()
 
-    if(QT_SUPERBUILD)
+    if(QT_SUPERBUILD OR "${PROJECT_NAME}" STREQUAL "QtBase")
         set(qt_install_docs_env "${QtBase_BINARY_DIR}/${INSTALL_DOCDIR}")
     elseif(QT_WILL_INSTALL)
         set(qt_install_docs_env "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${INSTALL_DOCDIR}")
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index f27c5d4e2ee..bf99a1403cb 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 qt_path_join(doc_install_dir ${QT_INSTALL_DIR} ${INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 foreach(dir global config)
     qt_copy_or_install(DIRECTORY ${dir} DESTINATION ${doc_install_dir})
-    if(QT_SUPERBUILD)
+    if(QT_SUPERBUILD OR "${PROJECT_NAME}" STREQUAL "QtBase")
         qt_path_join(destination ${QtBase_BINARY_DIR} ${INSTALL_DOCDIR})
         file(COPY ${dir} DESTINATION ${destination})
     endif()