diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
index b9a700dd6f0..472b48508ff 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicSbomHelpers.cmake
@@ -653,8 +653,6 @@ function(_qt_internal_sbom_add_target target)
 
     set(project_package_options "")
 
-    _qt_internal_sbom_is_qt_entity_type("${arg_TYPE}" is_qt_entity_type)
-
     if(arg_FRIENDLY_PACKAGE_NAME)
         set(package_name_for_spdx_id "${arg_FRIENDLY_PACKAGE_NAME}")
     else()
@@ -763,10 +761,18 @@ function(_qt_internal_sbom_add_target target)
 
     if(license_expression)
         list(APPEND project_package_options LICENSE_CONCLUDED "${license_expression}")
+    endif()
 
-        # For qt entities we know the license we provide, so we mark it as declared as well.
-        if(arg___QT_INTERNAL_HANDLE_QT_ENTITY_TYPE_LICENSE AND is_qt_entity_type)
-            list(APPEND project_package_options LICENSE_DECLARED "${license_expression}")
+    if(license_expression AND
+            arg___QT_INTERNAL_HANDLE_QT_ENTITY_TYPE_LICENSE)
+        _qt_internal_sbom_forward_sbom_add_target_options(sbom_add_target_args)
+        _qt_internal_sbom_handle_qt_entity_license_declared_expression(${target}
+            ${sbom_add_target_args}
+            LICENSE_CONCLUDED_EXPRESSION "${license_expression}"
+            OUT_VAR qt_entity_license_declared_expression)
+        if(qt_entity_license_declared_expression)
+            list(APPEND project_package_options
+                LICENSE_DECLARED "${qt_entity_license_declared_expression}")
         endif()
     endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicSbomQtEntityHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicSbomQtEntityHelpers.cmake
index 6778554bfbf..656f04ca1d8 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicSbomQtEntityHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicSbomQtEntityHelpers.cmake
@@ -154,6 +154,27 @@ function(_qt_internal_sbom_handle_qt_entity_license_expression target)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# Helper function to add a default license declared expression for a qt entity type.
+function(_qt_internal_sbom_handle_qt_entity_license_declared_expression target)
+    _qt_internal_get_sbom_add_target_options(opt_args single_args multi_args)
+    list(APPEND single_args OUT_VAR LICENSE_CONCLUDED_EXPRESSION)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 1 arg "${opt_args}" "${single_args}" "${multi_args}")
+    _qt_internal_validate_all_args_are_parsed(arg)
+
+    _qt_internal_sbom_is_qt_entity_type("${arg_TYPE}" is_qt_entity_type)
+
+    set(license_expression "")
+
+    # For qt entities we know the license we provide, so we mark it as declared as well.
+    if(is_qt_entity_type AND arg_LICENSE_CONCLUDED_EXPRESSION)
+        set(license_expression "${arg_LICENSE_CONCLUDED_EXPRESSION}")
+    endif()
+
+    if(license_expression)
+        set(${arg_OUT_VAR} "${license_expression}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # Get the default qt copyright.
 function(_qt_internal_sbom_get_default_qt_copyright_header out_var)
     set(${out_var}