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-rw-r--r--cmake/README.md2
-rw-r--r--cmake/qt.toolchain.cmake.in3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmake/README.md b/cmake/README.md
index 3ac875605f..54c5f1094e 100644
--- a/cmake/README.md
+++ b/cmake/README.md
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ A Qt installation's bin directory contains a number of convenience scripts.
This is a wrapper around the CMake executable which passes a Qt-internal `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`. Use
this to build projects against the installed Qt.
+To use a custom toolchain file, use `-DQT_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<file path>`.
+
## qt-cmake-private
The same as `qt-cmake`, but in addition, sets the CMake generator to Ninja.
diff --git a/cmake/qt.toolchain.cmake.in b/cmake/qt.toolchain.cmake.in
index c76c89c116..fcc31eea0c 100644
--- a/cmake/qt.toolchain.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/qt.toolchain.cmake.in
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
@init_qt_host_path_cmake_dir@
@init_original_toolchain_file@
@init_vcpkg@
+if(NOT "${QT_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" STREQUAL "")
+ set(__qt_chainload_toolchain_file "${QT_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
+endif()
if(__qt_chainload_toolchain_file)
get_filename_component(__qt_chainload_toolchain_file_real_path
"${__qt_chainload_toolchain_file}" REALPATH)