diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 76c08084d3..45110a429b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ if(NOT QT_BUILD_STANDALONE_TESTS)
     ## Should this Qt be built with Werror?
     option(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS "Build Qt with warnings as errors" ${FEATURE_developer_build})
 
+    ## Should this Qt create versioned hard link for some tools?
+    option(QT_CREATE_VERSIONED_HARD_LINK "Enable the use of versioned hard link" ON)
+
     ## QtBase specific configure tests:
     include(QtBaseConfigureTests)
 
diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in b/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in
index d623835144..b089f00fd6 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in
@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@ set(QT_BUILD_EXAMPLES_BY_DEFAULT @QT_BUILD_EXAMPLES_BY_DEFAULT@ CACHE BOOL
 # Propagate usage of ccache.
 set(QT_USE_CCACHE @QT_USE_CCACHE@ CACHE BOOL "Enable the use of ccache")
 
+# Propagate usage of versioned hard link.
+set(QT_CREATE_VERSIONED_HARD_LINK "@QT_CREATE_VERSIONED_HARD_LINK@" CACHE BOOL
+    "Enable the use of versioned hard link")
+
 # Extra set of exported variables
 @QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS@
diff --git a/cmake/QtInstallHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtInstallHelpers.cmake
index 30962b84e2..9dbb22251d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInstallHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInstallHelpers.cmake
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ function(qt_internal_install_versioned_link install_dir target)
         return()
     endif()
 
+    if(NOT QT_CREATE_VERSIONED_HARD_LINK)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
     qt_path_join(install_base_file_path "$\{qt_full_install_prefix}"
         "${install_dir}" "$<TARGET_FILE_BASE_NAME:${target}>")
     set(original "${install_base_file_path}$<TARGET_FILE_SUFFIX:${target}>")