diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
index 0b7b702a4e6..aeda7405be2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ function(qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies)
         NO_OVERWRITE
         NO_APP_STORE_COMPLIANCE   # TODO: Might want a better name
         NO_TRANSLATIONS
+        NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME
     )
     set(single_value_options
         EXECUTABLE
@@ -399,6 +400,9 @@ function(qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies)
         if(arg_NO_TRANSLATIONS)
             list(APPEND tool_options --no-translations)
         endif()
+        if(arg_NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME)
+            list(APPEND tool_options --no-compiler-runtime)
+        endif()
     elseif(__QT_DEPLOY_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
         set(extra_binaries_option "-executable=")
         if(NOT arg_NO_APP_STORE_COMPLIANCE)
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 94e3bd057ec..721358b9001 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -2977,6 +2977,7 @@ function(qt6_generate_deploy_app_script)
     # mutually exclusive with the TARGET keyword.
     set(no_value_options
         NO_TRANSLATIONS
+        NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME
         NO_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_ERROR
     )
     set(single_value_options
@@ -3043,6 +3044,9 @@ function(qt6_generate_deploy_app_script)
     if(arg_NO_TRANSLATIONS)
         string(APPEND common_deploy_args "    NO_TRANSLATIONS\n")
     endif()
+    if(arg_NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME)
+        string(APPEND common_deploy_args "    NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME\n")
+    endif()
 
     # Forward the arguments that are exactly the same for qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.
     foreach(var IN LISTS qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies_options)
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
index dc5715e3af7..ec03eba7063 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies(
     [NO_OVERWRITE]
     [NO_APP_STORE_COMPLIANCE]
     [NO_TRANSLATIONS]
+    [NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME]
     [PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
     [PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
     [POST_INCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ inhibit this behavior, specify \c{NO_TRANSLATIONS}. Use
 \l{qt6_deploy_translations}{qt_deploy_translations()} to deploy translations
 in a customized way.
 
+For Windows desktop applications, the required runtime files for the compiler
+are also installed by default. To prevent this, specify \c{NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME}.
+
 On Linux, deploying runtime dependencies is based on CMake's
 \c{file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)} command. The options \c{PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES},
 \c{PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES}, \c{POST_INCLUDE_REGEXES}, \c{POST_EXCLUDE_REGEXES},
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
index 34d81b06cef..7566455d9d1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ qt_generate_deploy_app_script(
     TARGET target
     OUTPUT_SCRIPT <var>
     [NO_TRANSLATIONS]
+    [NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME]
     [NO_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_ERROR]
     [PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
     [PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ inhibit this behavior, specify \c{NO_TRANSLATIONS}. Use
 \l{qt6_deploy_translations}{qt_deploy_translations()} to deploy translations in a
 customized way.
 
+For Windows desktop applications, the required runtime files for the compiler
+are also installed by default. To prevent this, specify \c{NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME}.
+
 For deploying a QML application, use
 \l{qt6_generate_deploy_qml_app_script}{qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script()}
 instead.