diff --git a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
index c48e13833e..b957253fea 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 function(qt_feature_definition feature name)
     qt_feature_normalize_name("${feature}" feature)
-    qt_parse_all_arguments(arg "qt_feature_definition" "NEGATE" "VALUE" "" ${ARGN})
+    qt_parse_all_arguments(arg "qt_feature_definition" "NEGATE" "VALUE;PREREQUISITE" "" ${ARGN})
 
     # Store all the define related info in a unique variable key.
     set(key_name "_QT_FEATURE_DEFINE_DEFINITION_${feature}_${name}")
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function(qt_evaluate_feature_definition key)
 
     cmake_parse_arguments(arg
         "NEGATE;"
-        "FEATURE;NAME;VALUE;" "" ${${key}})
+        "FEATURE;NAME;VALUE;PREREQUISITE" "" ${${key}})
 
     set(expected ON)
     if (arg_NEGATE)
@@ -373,10 +373,18 @@ function(qt_evaluate_feature_definition key)
     set(msg "")
 
     if(QT_FEATURE_${arg_FEATURE} STREQUAL expected)
+        set(indent "")
+        if(arg_PREREQUISITE)
+            string(APPEND msg "#if ${arg_PREREQUISITE}\n")
+            set(indent "  ")
+        endif()
         if (arg_VALUE)
-            string(APPEND msg "#define ${arg_NAME} ${arg_VALUE}\n")
+            string(APPEND msg "${indent}#define ${arg_NAME} ${arg_VALUE}\n")
         else()
-            string(APPEND msg "#define ${arg_NAME}\n")
+            string(APPEND msg "${indent}#define ${arg_NAME}\n")
+        endif()
+        if(arg_PREREQUISITE)
+            string(APPEND msg "#endif\n")
         endif()
 
         string(APPEND __QtFeature_public_extra "${msg}")
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index a842b8b317..eecfd6ddf4 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ qt_feature("shared" PUBLIC
     AUTODETECT NOT UIKIT
     CONDITION BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 )
+qt_feature_definition("shared" "QT_STATIC" NEGATE PREREQUISITE "!defined(QT_SHARED) && !defined(QT_STATIC)")
 qt_feature_config("shared" QMAKE_PUBLIC_QT_CONFIG)
 qt_feature_config("shared" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("use_bfd_linker"
diff --git a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
index ec734a9ef8..8887adb22b 100755
--- a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
@@ -827,7 +827,20 @@ def get_feature_mapping():
         "sanitizer": None,
         "sanitize_thread": None,
         "sanitize_undefined": None,
-        "shared": {"condition": "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS"},
+        "shared": {
+            "condition": "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS",
+            "output": [
+                "publicFeature",
+                "publicQtConfig",
+                "publicConfig",
+                {
+                    "type": "define",
+                    "name": "QT_STATIC",
+                    "prerequisite": "!defined(QT_SHARED) && !defined(QT_STATIC)",
+                    "negative": True
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         "silent": None,
         "sql-sqlite": {"condition": "QT_FEATURE_datestring"},
         "static": None,
@@ -1050,6 +1063,8 @@ def parseFeature(ctx, feature, data, cm_fh):
             cm_fh.write(" NEGATE")
         if outputArgs.get("value") is not None:
             cm_fh.write(f' VALUE "{outputArgs.get("value")}"')
+        if outputArgs.get("prerequisite") is not None:
+            cm_fh.write(f' PREREQUISITE "{outputArgs.get("prerequisite")}"')
         cm_fh.write(")\n")
 
     # Write qt_feature_config() calls