diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index dc887877646..f5c075cad3b 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ function(_find_all_includes _ret_includes _ret_framework_paths)
 
   # framework path
   if (APPLE)
-    # version-less target Qt::Core is an interface library that links to QtX::Core
-    get_target_property(_qt_core Qt::Core INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    get_target_property(_qt_type Qt::Core TYPE)
+    if ("${_qt_type}" STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
+        # version-less target Qt::Core is an interface library that links to QtX::Core
+        get_target_property(_qt_core Qt::Core INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    else()
+        set(_qt_core "Qt::Core")
+    endif()
     get_target_property(_qt_target ${_qt_core} LOCATION) # <fw_path>/QtCore.framework/QtCore
     get_filename_component(_qt_loc "${_qt_target}" DIRECTORY)
     set("${_ret_framework_paths}" "${_qt_loc}/.." PARENT_SCOPE)