diff --git a/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
index 3b38eb037d..cd7fdf7c02 100644
--- a/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ if(@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@_FIND_COMPONENTS AND _Qt_NOTFOUND_MESSAGE)
     unset(_Qt_NOTFOUND_MESSAGE)
 endif()
 
+if(@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@_FOUND
+    AND COMMAND _qt_internal_override_example_install_dir_to_dot
+    AND NOT _qt_internal_example_dir_set_to_dot)
+    _qt_internal_override_example_install_dir_to_dot()
+endif()
+
 __qt_internal_defer_promote_targets_in_dir_scope_to_global()
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.21)
     __qt_internal_check_link_order_matters()
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 2464d0677f..ca0f512828 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -2664,6 +2664,7 @@ macro(_qt_internal_override_example_install_dir_to_dot)
     # to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
     if(QT_INTERNAL_SET_EXAMPLE_INSTALL_DIR_TO_DOT)
         set(INSTALL_EXAMPLEDIR ".")
+        set(_qt_internal_example_dir_set_to_dot TRUE)
     endif()
 endmacro()