diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
index 67e9bb19f0d..b853e9c4be8 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
@@ -363,10 +363,18 @@ function(find_dependent_plugins varName)
     if(NOT TARGET ${i})
       continue()
     endif()
-    set(_dep)
-    get_property(_dep TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS)
-    if (_dep)
-      find_dependent_plugins(_REC ${_dep})
+    set(_deps)
+    get_property(_deps TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS)
+    if (_deps)
+      set(_fixed_deps "")
+      foreach(_dep ${_deps})
+        if(NOT TARGET ${_dep} AND TARGET "QtCreator::${_dep}")
+          list(APPEND _fixed_deps "QtCreator::${_dep}")
+        else()
+          list(APPEND _fixed_deps ${_dep})
+        endif()
+      endforeach()
+      find_dependent_plugins(_REC ${_fixed_deps})
       list(APPEND _RESULT ${_REC})
     endif()
   endforeach()