diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index f773e28f52..5534f6aafc 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ qt_feature("static" PUBLIC
 )
 qt_feature_config("static" QMAKE_PUBLIC_QT_CONFIG)
 qt_feature_config("static" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
+qt_feature("cross_compile" PUBLIC
+    LABEL "Cross compiling"
+    CONDITION CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING
+)
+qt_feature_config("cross_compile" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
+qt_feature_config("cross_compile" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("use_bfd_linker"
     LABEL "bfd"
     AUTODETECT false
diff --git a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
index 5a2dd85237..a756d8d5e7 100755
--- a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def get_feature_mapping():
         "build_all": None,
         "ccache": None,
         "compiler-flags": None,
-        "cross_compile": None,
+        "cross_compile": {"condition": "CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING"},
         "debug_and_release": {
             "autoDetect": "1",  # Setting this to None has weird effects...
             "condition": "QT_GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG",