diff --git a/qmake/CMakeLists.txt b/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 65d847375e..0dc9d5f03c 100644
--- a/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,3 +278,10 @@ qt_internal_apply_gc_binaries(${target_name} PRIVATE) # special case
 qt_enable_msvc_cplusplus_define(${target_name} PUBLIC) # special case
 qt_skip_warnings_are_errors(${target_name}) # special case
 qt_internal_apply_intel_cet(Bootstrap PUBLIC) # special case
+
+# special case begin
+qt_internal_add_docs(${target_name}
+    doc/qmake.qdocconf
+)
+# special case end
+