diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36ad7dcf1da..d036acdddcd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -521,6 +521,9 @@ if(WITH_CORE)
     if(WITH_QTWEBKIT)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "QtWebEngine support cannot be enabled if Qt WebKit support is enabled")
     endif()
+
+    find_package(${QT_VERSION_BASE} COMPONENTS WebEngineCore REQUIRED)
+
     add_definitions(-DWITH_QTWEBENGINE)
     message(STATUS "QtWebEngine support enabled")
     set(HAVE_WEBENGINE TRUE)  # used in qgsconfig.h
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 478652caa4c..9492e938ef6 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2453,6 +2453,12 @@ if (WITH_PDAL)
   )
 endif()
 
+if (WITH_QTWEBENGINE)
+    target_link_libraries(qgis_core
+      ${QT_VERSION_BASE}::WebEngineCore
+    )
+endif()
+
 if (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   target_link_libraries(qgis_core
     provider_wms_a