diff --git a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
index d1646ed082..09f76a272d 100755
--- a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ##
 #############################################################################
 
-import json
+import json_parser
 import os.path
 import re
 import sys
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ def readJsonFromDir(dir):
     print('Reading {}...'.format(path))
     assert os.path.exists(path)
 
-    with open(path, 'r') as fh:
-        return json.load(fh)
+    parser = json_parser.QMakeSpecificJSONParser()
+    return parser.parse(path)
 
 
 def processFiles(ctx, data):
diff --git a/util/cmake/helper.py b/util/cmake/helper.py
index 682e2ec15f..b7d91921fa 100644
--- a/util/cmake/helper.py
+++ b/util/cmake/helper.py
@@ -428,3 +428,29 @@ def generate_find_package_info(lib: LibraryMapping,
                                                  ind=one_ind)
 
     return result
+
+
+def _set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output(pp):
+    indent = -1
+
+    def increase_indent(fn):
+        def wrapper_function(*args):
+            nonlocal indent
+            indent += 1
+            print("> " * indent, end="")
+            return fn(*args)
+
+        return wrapper_function
+
+    def decrease_indent(fn):
+        def wrapper_function(*args):
+            nonlocal indent
+            print("> " * indent, end="")
+            indent -= 1
+            return fn(*args)
+
+        return wrapper_function
+
+    pp._defaultStartDebugAction = increase_indent(pp._defaultStartDebugAction)
+    pp._defaultSuccessDebugAction = decrease_indent(pp._defaultSuccessDebugAction)
+    pp._defaultExceptionDebugAction = decrease_indent(pp._defaultExceptionDebugAction)
diff --git a/util/cmake/json_parser.py b/util/cmake/json_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ead008f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cmake/json_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#############################################################################
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2019 The Qt Company Ltd.
+## Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+##
+## This file is part of the plugins of the Qt Toolkit.
+##
+## $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:GPL-EXCEPT$
+## Commercial License Usage
+## Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+## accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+## Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+## a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+## and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+## information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+##
+## GNU General Public License Usage
+## Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+## General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+## included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+## information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+## be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+##
+## $QT_END_LICENSE$
+##
+#############################################################################
+
+import pyparsing as pp
+import json
+import re
+from helper import _set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output
+_set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output(pp)
+
+
+class QMakeSpecificJSONParser:
+    def __init__(self, *, debug: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.debug = debug
+        self.grammar = self.create_py_parsing_grammar()
+
+    def create_py_parsing_grammar(self):
+        # Keep around all whitespace.
+        pp.ParserElement.setDefaultWhitespaceChars('')
+
+        def add_element(name: str, value: pp.ParserElement):
+            nonlocal self
+            if self.debug:
+                value.setName(name)
+                value.setDebug()
+            return value
+
+        # Our grammar is pretty simple. We want to remove all newlines
+        # inside quoted strings, to make the quoted strings JSON
+        # compliant. So our grammar should skip to the first quote while
+        # keeping everything before it as-is, process the quoted string
+        # skip to the next quote, and repeat that until the end of the
+        # file.
+
+        EOF = add_element('EOF', pp.StringEnd())
+        SkipToQuote = add_element('SkipToQuote', pp.SkipTo('"'))
+        SkipToEOF = add_element('SkipToEOF', pp.SkipTo(EOF))
+
+        def remove_newlines_and_whitespace_in_quoted_string(tokens):
+            first_string = tokens[0]
+            replaced_string = re.sub(r'\n[ ]*', ' ', first_string)
+            return replaced_string
+
+        QuotedString = add_element('QuotedString', pp.QuotedString(quoteChar='"',
+                                                                   multiline=True,
+                                                                   unquoteResults=False))
+        QuotedString.setParseAction(remove_newlines_and_whitespace_in_quoted_string)
+
+        QuotedTerm = add_element('QuotedTerm', pp.Optional(SkipToQuote) + QuotedString)
+        Grammar = add_element('Grammar', pp.OneOrMore(QuotedTerm) + SkipToEOF)
+
+        return Grammar
+
+    def parse_file_using_py_parsing(self, file: str):
+        print('Pre processing "{}" using py parsing to remove incorrect newlines.'.format(file))
+        try:
+            with open(file, 'r') as file_fd:
+                contents = file_fd.read()
+
+            parser_result = self.grammar.parseString(contents, parseAll=True)
+            token_list = parser_result.asList()
+            joined_string = ''.join(token_list)
+
+            return joined_string
+        except pp.ParseException as pe:
+            print(pe.line)
+            print(' '*(pe.col-1) + '^')
+            print(pe)
+            raise pe
+
+    def parse(self, file: str):
+        pre_processed_string = self.parse_file_using_py_parsing(file)
+        print('Parsing "{}" using json.loads().'.format(file))
+        json_parsed = json.loads(pre_processed_string)
+        return json_parsed
diff --git a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
index 5a2db68e67..7c2a625489 100755
--- a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import typing
 
 from sympy.logic import (simplify_logic, And, Or, Not,)
 import pyparsing as pp
+from helper import _set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output
+_set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output(pp)
 
 from helper import map_qt_library, map_3rd_party_library, is_known_3rd_party_library, \
     featureName, map_platform, find_library_info_for_target, generate_find_package_info, \
@@ -687,32 +689,6 @@ class QmakeParser:
         self.debug = debug
         self._Grammar = self._generate_grammar()
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output():
-        indent = -1
-
-        def increase_indent(fn):
-            def wrapper_function(*args):
-                nonlocal indent
-                indent += 1
-                print("> " * indent, end="")
-                return fn(*args)
-
-            return wrapper_function
-
-        def decrease_indent(fn):
-            def wrapper_function(*args):
-                nonlocal indent
-                print("> " * indent, end="")
-                indent -= 1
-                return fn(*args)
-
-            return wrapper_function
-
-        pp._defaultStartDebugAction = increase_indent(pp._defaultStartDebugAction)
-        pp._defaultSuccessDebugAction = decrease_indent(pp._defaultSuccessDebugAction)
-        pp._defaultExceptionDebugAction = decrease_indent(pp._defaultExceptionDebugAction)
-
     def _generate_grammar(self):
         # Define grammar:
         pp.ParserElement.setDefaultWhitespaceChars(' \t')
@@ -900,9 +876,6 @@ class QmakeParser:
         return result
 
 
-QmakeParser.set_up_py_parsing_nicer_debug_output()
-
-
 def parseProFile(file: str, *, debug=False):
     parser = QmakeParser(debug=debug)
     return parser.parseFile(file)