diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 707065f2826..c5fba0d8a7c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@ if(is_qt_build_platform)
     set_tests_properties(test_import_plugins PROPERTIES FIXTURES_REQUIRED build_mockplugins)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT NO_GUI)
+    _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_standalone_test
+                                  BINARY "${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND}"
+                                  BINARY_ARGS "-V")
+endif()
+
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_versionless_targets)
 
 if(NOT NO_GUI)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..169d824c887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(tststandalone_test LANGUAGES CXX)
+find_package(Qt6BuildInternals REQUIRED COMPONENTS STANDALONE_TEST)
+
+qt_internal_add_test(tst_standalone_test
+    GUI
+    SOURCES
+        tst_standalone_test.cpp
+    LIBRARIES
+        Qt::Gui
+)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/tst_standalone_test.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/tst_standalone_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9a7089218e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_standalone_test/tst_standalone_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include <QTest>
+#include <QWindow>
+
+class tst_standalone_test : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void testLaunched()
+    {
+        QWindow w;
+        w.show();
+        QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&w));
+    }
+};
+
+QTEST_MAIN(tst_standalone_test)
+
+#include "tst_standalone_test.moc"