diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c58b4f08b3..7b282e79c85 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ add_qtc_plugin(CMakeProjectManager
     presetsparser.cpp presetsparser.h
     presetsmacros.cpp presetsmacros.h
     projecttreehelper.cpp projecttreehelper.h
+    targethelper.cpp targethelper.h
     3rdparty/cmake/cmListFileCache.cxx
     3rdparty/cmake/cmListFileLexer.cxx
     3rdparty/cmake/cmListFileCache.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakelocatorfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakelocatorfilter.cpp
index 2445cf58b60..01ed02bdb0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakelocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakelocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 #include "cmakelocatorfilter.h"
 
-#include "cmakebuildstep.h"
 #include "cmakebuildsystem.h"
 #include "cmakeproject.h"
 #include "cmakeprojectmanagertr.h"
+#include "targethelper.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.h>
 
@@ -108,36 +108,6 @@ static void setupFilter(ILocatorFilter *filter)
                      filter, projectListUpdated);
 }
 
-static void buildAcceptor(const FilePath &projectPath, const QString &displayName)
-{
-    // Get the project containing the target selected
-    const auto cmakeProject = qobject_cast<CMakeProject *>(
-        Utils::findOrDefault(ProjectManager::projects(), [projectPath](Project *p) {
-            return p->projectFilePath() == projectPath;
-        }));
-    if (!cmakeProject || !cmakeProject->activeTarget()
-        || !cmakeProject->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration())
-        return;
-
-    if (BuildManager::isBuilding(cmakeProject))
-        BuildManager::cancel();
-
-    // Find the make step
-    const BuildStepList *buildStepList =
-        cmakeProject->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration()->buildSteps();
-    const auto buildStep = buildStepList->firstOfType<CMakeBuildStep>();
-    if (!buildStep)
-        return;
-
-    // Change the make step to build only the given target
-    const QStringList oldTargets = buildStep->buildTargets();
-    buildStep->setBuildTargets({displayName});
-
-    // Build
-    BuildManager::buildProjectWithDependencies(cmakeProject);
-    buildStep->setBuildTargets(oldTargets);
-}
-
 class CMakeBuildTargetFilter final : ILocatorFilter
 {
 public:
@@ -152,7 +122,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    LocatorMatcherTasks matchers() final { return cmakeMatchers(&buildAcceptor); }
+    LocatorMatcherTasks matchers() final { return cmakeMatchers(&buildTarget); }
 };
 
 // OpenCMakeTargetLocatorFilter
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d18deaa84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include "targethelper.h"
+
+#include <projectexplorer/buildmanager.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/buildsteplist.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectmanager.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/target.h>
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
+
+#include "cmakebuildstep.h"
+#include "cmakebuildsystem.h"
+#include "cmakeproject.h"
+
+namespace CMakeProjectManager {
+
+void buildTarget(const Utils::FilePath &projectPath, const QString &targetName)
+{
+    // Get the project containing the target selected
+    const auto cmakeProject = qobject_cast<CMakeProject *>(Utils::findOrDefault(
+        ProjectExplorer::ProjectManager::projects(), [projectPath](ProjectExplorer::Project *p) {
+            return p->projectFilePath() == projectPath;
+        }));
+    if (!cmakeProject || !cmakeProject->activeTarget()
+        || !cmakeProject->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration())
+        return;
+
+    if (ProjectExplorer::BuildManager::isBuilding(cmakeProject))
+        ProjectExplorer::BuildManager::cancel();
+
+    // Find the make step
+    const ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *buildStepList
+        = cmakeProject->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration()->buildSteps();
+    const auto buildStep = buildStepList->firstOfType<Internal::CMakeBuildStep>();
+    if (!buildStep)
+        return;
+
+    // Change the make step to build only the given target
+    const QStringList oldTargets = buildStep->buildTargets();
+    buildStep->setBuildTargets({targetName});
+
+    // Build
+    ProjectExplorer::BuildManager::buildProjectWithDependencies(cmakeProject);
+    buildStep->setBuildTargets(oldTargets);
+}
+
+} // namespace CMakeProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1053d2b6d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "cmake_global.h"
+
+#include <utils/filepath.h>
+
+namespace CMakeProjectManager {
+
+CMAKE_EXPORT void buildTarget(const Utils::FilePath &projectPath, const QString &targetName);
+
+} // namespace CMakeProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 122bb39aed1..6f42b6794e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 add_qtc_plugin(QmlJSEditor
-  DEPENDS LanguageUtils QmlJS QmlEditorWidgets
+  DEPENDS LanguageUtils QmlJS QmlEditorWidgets CMakeProjectManager
   PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core ProjectExplorer QmlJSTools TextEditor LanguageClient
   SOURCES
     qmlexpressionundercursor.cpp qmlexpressionundercursor.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorconstants.h
index 25cc711bf0c..5ffbbc98c3b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorconstants.h
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ const char TASK_CATEGORY_QML_ANALYSIS[] = "Task.Category.QmlAnalysis";
 
 const char QML_SNIPPETS_GROUP_ID[] = "QML";
 
+const char QMLLINT_BUILD_TARGET[] = "all_qmllint";
+
 } // namespace Constants
 } // namespace QmlJSEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
index ca985f4022e..46cabe60992 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 
 #include "qmltaskmanager.h"
 #include "qmljseditorconstants.h"
+#include "qmllssettings.h"
 
+#include <cmakeprojectmanager/targethelper.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/idocument.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/project.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectmanager.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/taskhub.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
 #include <qmljs/qmljsmodelmanagerinterface.h>
 #include <qmljs/qmljscontext.h>
 #include <qmljs/qmljsconstants.h>
@@ -113,8 +118,27 @@ void QmlTaskManager::updateSemanticMessagesNow()
     updateMessagesNow(true);
 }
 
+static void triggerQmllintCMakeTarget()
+{
+    CMakeProjectManager::buildTarget(
+        ProjectManager::startupProject()->projectFilePath(), Constants::QMLLINT_BUILD_TARGET);
+}
+
+
 void QmlTaskManager::updateMessagesNow(bool updateSemantic)
 {
+    // heuristic: qmllint will output meaningful warnings if qmlls is enabled
+    if (QmllsSettingsManager::instance()->lastSettings().useQmlls) {
+        // abort any update that's going on already, and remove old codemodel warnings
+        m_messageCollector.cancel();
+        removeAllTasks(true);
+        triggerQmllintCMakeTarget();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // clear out the qmllint warnings when qmlls was disabled after being enabled
+    TaskHub::clearTasks(ProjectExplorer::Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE);
+
     // don't restart a small update if a big one is running
     if (!updateSemantic && m_updatingSemantic)
         return;