diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index d167a2cf4c3..9c637bb3f53 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@ function(add_qt_gui_executable target)
     else()
         add_executable("${target}" WIN32 MACOSX_BUNDLE ${ARGN})
     endif()
-    target_link_libraries("${target}" PRIVATE Qt::Core Qt::Gui)
+    target_link_libraries("${target}" PRIVATE Qt::Core)
+    if(TARGET Qt::Gui)
+        target_link_libraries("${target}" PRIVATE Qt::Gui)
+    endif()
 
     if(ANDROID)
         qt_android_generate_deployment_settings("${target}")