3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/QtPlugin.qbs b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/QtPlugin.qbs
index 23a6795f3..88bfa5a65 100644
--- a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/QtPlugin.qbs
+++ b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/QtPlugin.qbs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ QtModule {
             return false;
         if (!isStaticLibrary)
             return false;
+        if (!Qt.plugin_support.linkPlugins)
+            return false;
         if (!(Qt.plugin_support.enabledPlugins || []).contains(qtModuleName))
             return false;
         if (!extendsModules || extendsModules.length === 0)
diff --git a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/plugin_support.qbs b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/plugin_support.qbs
index 13d95c383..1de923f17 100644
--- a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/plugin_support.qbs
+++ b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/plugin_support.qbs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Module {
     // Set by user.
     property varList pluginsByType
+    property bool linkPlugins: product.type
+        && (product.type.contains("application") || product.type.contains("sharedlibrary"))
 
     // Set by Qt modules.
     property stringList pluginTypes
diff --git a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/qml.qbs b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/qml.qbs
index 2b11abbd5..c95c0f367 100644
--- a/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/qml.qbs
+++ b/share/qbs/module-providers/Qt/templates/qml.qbs
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ QtModule {
 
     readonly property string pluginListFilePathDebug: product.buildDirectory + "/plugins.list.d"
     readonly property string pluginListFilePathRelease: product.buildDirectory + "/plugins.list"
+    property bool linkPlugins: isStaticLibrary && Qt.plugin_support.linkPlugins
 
     hasLibrary: @has_library@
     architectures: @archs@
     targetPlatform: @targetPlatform@
-    staticLibsDebug: (isStaticLibrary ? ['@' + pluginListFilePathDebug] : []).concat(@staticLibsDebug@)
-    staticLibsRelease: (isStaticLibrary ? ['@' + pluginListFilePathRelease] : []).concat(@staticLibsRelease@)
+    staticLibsDebug: (linkPlugins ? ['@' + pluginListFilePathDebug] : []).concat(@staticLibsDebug@)
+    staticLibsRelease: (linkPlugins ? ['@' + pluginListFilePathRelease] : []).concat(@staticLibsRelease@)
     dynamicLibsDebug: @dynamicLibsDebug@
     dynamicLibsRelease: @dynamicLibsRelease@
     linkerFlagsDebug: @linkerFlagsDebug@
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ QtModule {
     }
 
     Rule {
-        condition: isStaticLibrary
+        condition: linkPlugins
         multiplex: true
         requiresInputs: false
         inputs: ["qt.qml.qml"]