diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
index 5be59ed54e0..9d8df960d23 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ macro(qt_build_repo_impl_src)
             add_subdirectory(src)
         endif()
     endif()
+    if(QT_FEATURE_lttng AND NOT TARGET LTTng::UST)
+        qt_find_package(LTTngUST PROVIDED_TARGETS LTTng::UST
+                        MODULE_NAME global QMAKE_LIB lttng-ust)
+    endif()
 endmacro()
 
 macro(qt_build_repo_impl_tools)
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index 32974bbe909..4b3e6ff6d4d 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ SSL_free(SSL_new(0));
 qt_find_package(WrapZSTD 1.3 PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapZSTD::WrapZSTD MODULE_NAME global QMAKE_LIB zstd)
 qt_find_package(WrapDBus1 1.2 PROVIDED_TARGETS dbus-1 MODULE_NAME global QMAKE_LIB dbus)
 qt_find_package(Libudev PROVIDED_TARGETS PkgConfig::Libudev MODULE_NAME global QMAKE_LIB libudev)
+qt_find_package(LTTngUST PROVIDED_TARGETS LTTng::UST MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB lttng-ust)
+qt_add_qmake_lib_dependency(lttng-ust libdl)
 
 
 #### Early-evaluated, Linker-related Tests and Features
diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.cmake b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
index c7e6a0044ed..14ea626def0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ qt_find_package(Libsystemd PROVIDED_TARGETS PkgConfig::Libsystemd MODULE_NAME co
 qt_find_package(WrapAtomic PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapAtomic::WrapAtomic MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB libatomic)
 qt_find_package(Libb2 PROVIDED_TARGETS Libb2::Libb2 MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB libb2)
 qt_find_package(WrapRt PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapRt::WrapRt MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB librt)
-qt_find_package(LTTngUST PROVIDED_TARGETS LTTng::UST MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB lttng-ust)
-qt_add_qmake_lib_dependency(lttng-ust libdl)
 qt_find_package(WrapSystemPCRE2 10.20 PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapSystemPCRE2::WrapSystemPCRE2 MODULE_NAME core QMAKE_LIB pcre2)
 set_package_properties(WrapPCRE2 PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
 if((QNX) OR QT_FIND_ALL_PACKAGES_ALWAYS)