diff --git a/mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in b/mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
index aca8703238..1c4994c30f 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function(_qt5_$${CMAKE_MODULE_NAME}_process_prl_file prl_file_location Configura
         file(STRINGS \"${prl_file_location}\" _prl_strings REGEX \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS[ \\t]*=\")
         string(REGEX REPLACE \"QMAKE_PRL_LIBS[ \\t]*=[ \\t]*([^\\n]*)\" \"\\\\1\" _static_depends ${_prl_strings})
         string(REGEX REPLACE \"[ \\t]+\" \";\" _static_depends ${_static_depends})
+        string(REGEX REPLACE \"[ \\t]+\" \";\" _standard_libraries ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES})
         set(_search_paths)
         string(REPLACE \"\\$\\$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]\" \"${_qt5_install_libs}\" _static_depends \"${_static_depends}\")
         foreach(_flag ${_static_depends})
@@ -66,7 +67,15 @@ function(_qt5_$${CMAKE_MODULE_NAME}_process_prl_file prl_file_location Configura
             if(_flag MATCHES \"^-l(.*)$\")
                 # Handle normal libraries passed as -lfoo
                 set(_lib \"${CMAKE_MATCH_1}\")
-                if(_lib MATCHES \"^pthread$\")
+                foreach(_standard_library ${_standard_libraries})
+                    if(_standard_library MATCHES \"^${_lib}(\\.lib)?$\")
+                        set(_lib_is_default_linked TRUE)
+                        break()
+                    endif()
+                endforeach()
+                if (_lib_is_default_linked)
+                    unset(_lib_is_default_linked)
+                elseif(_lib MATCHES \"^pthread$\")
                     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
                     list(APPEND _lib_deps Threads::Threads)
                 else()