diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
index b109b861c40..7f5ea39dd51 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ function(qt_internal_generate_user_facing_tools_info)
     if("${INSTALL_PUBLICBINDIR}" STREQUAL "")
         return()
     endif()
+    qt_path_join(tool_link_base_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" "${INSTALL_PUBLICBINDIR}")
     get_property(user_facing_tool_targets GLOBAL PROPERTY QT_USER_FACING_TOOL_TARGETS)
     set(lines "")
     foreach(target ${user_facing_tool_targets})
@@ -945,6 +946,7 @@ function(qt_internal_generate_user_facing_tools_info)
         endif()
         qt_path_join(tool_target_path "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" "${INSTALL_BINDIR}" "${filename}")
         qt_path_join(tool_link_path "${INSTALL_PUBLICBINDIR}" "${linkname}${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+        _qt_internal_relative_path(tool_target_path BASE_DIRECTORY ${tool_link_base_dir})
         list(APPEND lines "${tool_target_path} ${tool_link_path}")
     endforeach()
     string(REPLACE ";" "\n" content "${lines}")