diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
index 279abdb8a0..5dcfdbe0cb 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ function(qt_internal_add_example_external_project subdir)
 
     if(QT_INTERNAL_VERBOSE_EXAMPLES)
         list(APPEND var_defs -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL:STRING=DEBUG)
+        list(APPEND var_defs -DCMAKE_AUTOGEN_VERBOSE:BOOL=TRUE)
     endif()
 
     set(deps "")
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake
index e7eaa3c26b..05130a1555 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_get_cmake_test_configure_options out_var)
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND option_list "-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG")
+    list(APPEND option_list "-DCMAKE_AUTOGEN_VERBOSE=TRUE")
 
     if(APPLE AND CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
         list(LENGTH CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES osx_arch_count)