diff --git a/src/linguist/linguist.pro b/src/linguist/linguist.pro
index e0deeceb496275885ffd2edec991f048273afdcc..b35928f597e86736d92c7a8fdc0793a80911140e 100644
--- a/src/linguist/linguist.pro
+++ b/src/linguist/linguist.pro
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ contains(CMAKE_BIN_DIR, "$${CMAKE_QT_INSTALL_PREFIX_ESCAPED}.*") {
 }
 
 cmake_linguist_config_file.input = $$PWD/Qt5LinguistToolsConfig.cmake.in
+cmake_linguist_config_version_file.input = $$[QT_INSTALL_DATA]/mkspecs/cmake/Qt5ConfigVersion.cmake.in
 cmake_linguist_macros_file.input = $$PWD/Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake
 # NOTE: We need to put the linguist tools cmake files in the lib directory. The lib directory
 # as set by the uitools module is used for that, as linguist doesn't set such a variable.
+CMAKE_PACKAGE_VERSION = $$eval(QT.uitools.VERSION)
 cmake_linguist_config_file.output = $$eval(QT.uitools.libs)/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools/Qt5LinguistToolsConfig.cmake
+cmake_linguist_config_version_file.output = $$eval(QT.uitools.libs)/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools/Qt5LinguistToolsConfigVersion.cmake
 cmake_linguist_macros_file.output = $$eval(QT.uitools.libs)/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools/Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake
 cmake_linguist_macros_file.CONFIG = verbatim
-QMAKE_SUBSTITUTES += cmake_linguist_config_file cmake_linguist_macros_file
+QMAKE_SUBSTITUTES += cmake_linguist_config_file cmake_linguist_config_version_file cmake_linguist_macros_file
 
 cmake_linguist_tools_files.files += $$cmake_linguist_config_file.output $$cmake_linguist_macros_file.output
 cmake_linguist_tools_files.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools